Working at Goldman Sachs in New York City, NY: 21 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in New York City, NY Area

"You'd imagine that a multi billion dollar global company would have some of the basics figured out. Things like; Access to systems, onboarding, training, promotion requirements, project management. You would however be wrong. In a 6 month span of time I will lose access to necessary systems without warning, internal teams do not have any checks and balances on granting access or removing access. Internal oversight teams and HR/WFM teams can take months to respond to basic day to day work requests. Getting access during onboarding has taken months to years for multiple systems. In review for promotion they will advise you are exemplary and setting the bar for your peers but deny you promotion, in waiting for a discussion on next steps meetings will be pushed out indefinitely leaving tenured employees in the dark on what to do to meet requirements they have already been advised they meet. Compensation has no concern with getting tenured people the money they deserve, resulting in those tenured employees receiving 20% - 50% less than new hires who are lower title. They do the standard run around of "you shouldn't be discussing compensation" as the response when these concerns are escalated. The buildings are these empty desolate offices that instill a sense of deep depression and hollowness and they are desperately struggling to force everyone into these cages to work in misery surrounded by distraction and full of hollow pointless meetings. The internal organization is designed entirely around giving 1 or 2 people dozens of responsibilities that create roadblocks for thousands of employees and does nothing to hold those select individual responsible for actually doing their job. As an example of a "good business model" its no wonder the economy constantly on the verge of a recession. Terrifying to see this rated as world class frontrunner."

"I've worked at Goldman Sachs since 2020. I've found it to be a very client-focused firm which is great for future profits but sometimes at the detriment at the employees through long work hours and understaffed teams."

"I have been working with Goldman Sachs since 2020 and its reputed company."

"I worked at Goldman Sachs for ten years and the overall experience was very good."

"I've worked at Goldman Sachs for the last five years and continue to be impressed with the caliber of the people and the power of the platform. It is a dynamic, fast-paced environment that provides its employees with meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and excel. I would recommend GS for anyone who is bright, ambitious, and looking for a challenge."

"This is a great company to work at."

"Great place to work with talented and smart people on mutually aligned interests and projects"

"i have worked for goldman sachs for some time"

"My review was exceptionally good. My manager reviewed my performance, added comments on achievement, work ethic, always available, lots of team afford, Lots of diversity."

"I was hired for six months in June 2013. I have been working until now. Great work environment. After working in a few days I became friend of my developer. Sometimes I had to explain requirement & test step to my other QA team player. Everyone was cooperative & loves to discus with new requirement."

"Worked with very smart people and learned a lot of new software concepts/technologies."

"Goldman is surrounded by talented people and challenging opportunities, but the ability to advance is getting harder and harder as they consolidate much of the technology business."

"I have worked at GS for over 20 years - great place to work and have a career."

"Great place to work! However internal advancement is limited, and there is little chance for mobility as an assistant."