Working at Goldman Sachs is NOT Worth the Hype - Analyst Goldman Sachs Employee Review

2.0
8 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

You work with smart, hard-working people. A lot of the lower and middle class-level employees are genuinely great, driven people.

Cons

Senior management is not supportive. Very little regard or recognition for high performance, but there is very high scrutiny for any mistakes. Unclear promotion guidelines. The work-life balance and work culture are terrible. Expect little to no flexibility, and expect to work a minimum of 10 hours everyday of the week. Potentially several more per day depending on the team and time of year. The culture at times can also feel very full of itself - which is off putting at times. Overall, working here is not that great. It’s just a big financial firm at the end of the day. There are several other firms where you can still have a fulfilling career with better pay, culture, and work/life balance while still working with smart people.

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

amazing experience, everyone was very kind and supportive.

Cons

None, great experience overall. Highly Recommend!

2.0
23 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You’ll get to work with the latest technologies depending on the team you’re in and also have a decent work-life balance. They give you a good amount of vacation days and let you use them whenever you want. You get to work with people who are good and smart and barely hear of any bad people who make your life hard. Taking internal mobility to other teams would also be super easy out here and they encourage it.

Cons

The pay increases are very bad. As you get promoted and grow, your pay will only increase about 3-5% no matter how good your performance is and you’ll feel like you’re barely beating inflation if you’re lucky. Your pay will be massively under the market for your role. Not to mention, there’s a huge risk of layoffs and it happens twice a year. You’ll end up being a part of it if you’re working from home a lot or express your dissatisfaction with your pay (although they mostly brush it off as a performance or a budget/role issue). The risk you take from the layoffs is not worth the reward you get. If you’re taking this job and reading this review, just consider this job as a stone you can step on while looking for another job to switch to

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