Goldman Sachs Employee Reviews about "work life balance"
Updated Nov 26, 2019
Pros
"Smart people all around to stimulate motivation" (in 606 reviews)
"A great, challenging work environment" (in 250 reviews)
Cons
"May occasionally have long hours" (in 1174 reviews)
"Work / life balance could be improved" (in 1013 reviews)
Reviews about "work life balance"
Return to all Reviews"Great place to work and develop"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Goldman Sachs full-time for more than 10 years
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Great place to work and develop. Relatively less politics and more focus on performance and meritocracy. Good rewards, focus on work life balance.
Cons
Not that much to mention here.
Goldman Sachs2019-11-26"Amazing"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time for less than a year
Pros
-Good starting salary -Good career path -Good work-life balance
Cons
-Repetitive -Less career variety -Looked down upon by front office
Goldman Sachs2019-10-09"Good name, bad balance"
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Approves of CEOI have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time for more than a year
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Good name to have on resume Good dealflow
Cons
Terrible work-life balance Rat race leads to a ' no-gifts' culture among juniors
Advice to Management
Company is better to work with than expected, but don't try to enforce cultural changes bottom-down.
Goldman Sachs2019-10-17"Good opportunity"
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I have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time
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Opportunity to move internally and to front office Learn a lot Good people
Cons
Suprisingly poor management Work life balance tough
Goldman Sachs2019-09-29"ed"
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I have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Salary, work life balance, opportunities
Cons
Nothing big that bothers one heavily
Goldman Sachs2019-09-26"Great place"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Goldman Sachs full-time for more than a year
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Work life balance was good
Cons
The location was not ideal
Goldman Sachs2019-09-18"Fulfilling place to work"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Collaborative working culture. Driven, thoughtful and intelligent people.
Cons
Sometimes work-life balance can be challenging.
Goldman Sachs2019-08-20"Challenging and strong culture"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Goldman Sachs for less than a year
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Challenging Very smart people Good managers Focus on people development Strong benefits Volunteering opportunities
Cons
Maybe work/life balance? I can envision some personalities applying a dog eat dog approach to work. That would probably depend on the specific department and manager though.
Advice to Management
Continue challenging and developing your work base
Goldman Sachs2019-08-14"Review"
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Approves of CEOI have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time for more than 3 years
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Smart people, hardworking culture, competitive salary at more senior levels
Cons
Work life balance can be difficult to maintain
Goldman Sachs2019-07-04"good place to be working"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Goldman Sachs full-time
Pros
good compensation. smart people to work with
Cons
WORK LIFE BALANCE ISNT THE. BEST
Goldman Sachs2019-06-24
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