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Goldman Sachs Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 97 Goldman Sachs Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.8
Growth Opportunities
3.7
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
4.1
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"Great place to work, with good compensation. They believe in putting all benefits in your pay. Do well in terms of being a firm with an open door policy. Surrounded by great bright people."
Posted 10 years ago in Jersey City, NJ
Goldman Sachs Employee

What do you like about working at Goldman Sachs?

"High-energy team culture is very good. Very smart people. Get to learn a lot of new stuff."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Get prepared to work lots of hours. You need to be very strong in your field of work and exhibit the passion to work there."

What don't you like about working at Goldman Sachs?

"Hard to get work-life balance. Cut-throat environment. Difficult to get a social life."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Enforce work-life balance in the culture. I would hire more people because there is always shortage of resources."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Goldman Sachs Employee

"I worked for Goldman Sachs for 18 months. The work environment is challenging but rewarding. The company has excellent compensation and benefits."

Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.3 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Goldman Sachs Employee

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

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technology Analyst

"My work ethics are very good, Awesome company to work for. If I had chance I would go back asap. Professional and diversified firm."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Goldman Sachs Employee

"Collaborative environment and a good company to work for."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
VP of Technology

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

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Goldman Sachs Employee

"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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
QA Tester

"Great place to work, with good compensation. They believe in putting all benefits in your pay. Do well in terms of being a firm with an open door policy. Surrounded by great bright people."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Goldman Sachs Employee

"Great place to work for, I would highly recommend it."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Vice President

"I've worked with GS for almost three years. The management consists primarily of people who have spent their entire career at GS and are not familiar with any other style. This is to the detriment of the company and the employees. There's very little innovation."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Goldman Sachs Employee

"Intense environment that always keeps you challenged. They are very tuned to keeping you satisfied in your job, and mobility within the company is encouraged. You will not get bored."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Goldman Sachs Employee

"Terrible management. The tendency is to fix blame rather than fix problems. There's a lot of paranoia among senior management, with lots of talk about the possibility of 'getting fired'."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Senior Software Lead

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

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
QA Analyst

"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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Computer Operations Technician

"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."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Goldman Sachs Reviews FAQs

Is Goldman Sachs a good company to work for?

Goldman Sachs has an overall rating of 4.0 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 97 Goldman Sachs Review Ratings left anonymously by Goldman Sachs employees, which is 3% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 97% of employees would recommend working at Goldman Sachs.

Does Goldman Sachs pay their employees well?

Goldman Sachs employees earn $75,000 annually on average, or $36 per hour, which is 14% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 47 Goldman Sachs employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Goldman Sachs Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Goldman Sachs?

97% of employees would recommend working at Goldman Sachs with the overall rating of 4.0 out of 5. Employees also rated Goldman Sachs 3.8 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.7 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Goldman Sachs?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Goldman Sachs is a COO at $350,000 annually. Browse Goldman Sachs Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Goldman Sachs?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Goldman Sachs is a Line Cook at $20,000 annually. Browse Goldman Sachs Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Goldman Sachs?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Goldman Sachs to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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