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Productive work place
Strategist (Current Employee), New York, NY – May 15, 2013
Pros: productive
Cons: politics
Good culture and compensation. Nice environment and learning opportunity
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Well structured firm
Regulatory Reporting Analyst (Current Employee), Salt Lake City, UT – May 14, 2013
GS is a great company to work for as many employees are extremly smart. You will enjoy working with smart people.
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Training of employees is encouraged
Securities Analyst (Consultant) (Former Employee), Jersey City, NJ – May 14, 2013
Pros: free lunches, work in group
Cons: career advancement is limited
Team work
Excellence
Integrity
competitive and challenging work environment
Fast paced work environment
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Fast paced, demanding environment
Equity Research Analyst (Current Employee), New York – May 13, 2013
GS Research provides an avenue to develop a great fundamental skill set, exposure to the equity markets and the opportunity to learn from some of the top minds in the industry. The seat is not for the faint of heart as long hours are assumed and sleeping can be a luxury. Understand the job and the related sacrifices before signing up and make sure to – more... moderate expectations. – less
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Great Company
Collateral Management -Operations Analyst (Current Employee), Jersey City, NJ – May 13, 2013
Great Company, good experience and exposure to the market and wallstreet.
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Good culture but long hours
Senior Software Analyst (Current Employee), New York, NY – May 10, 2013
Pros: health care benefit is good
Cons: long hours
good company, No1 investment bank, but long working hours, not
good work and life balance.
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Great Place to work
Regional Consultant (Current Employee), Chicago, IL – May 6, 2013
• Raise and retain assets by providing investment solutions to Financial Advisors, Hedge Funds and Institutional clients.
• Evaluated and structured financial and strategic models to assist clients maintain assets.
• Assisted business development with management to increase assets while continuing to build relationships with clients.
• Provide portfolio – more... construction and practice management to Financial Advisors, Hedge Funds and Institutional clients to help them strengthen their client relationships and grow their business. – less
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Intense and laborious work environment
Technology Consultant (Former Employee), New York, NY – April 30, 2013
Pros: challenging and rewarding
Cons: monotonous and voluminous
One of the best financial firms to work with on the wall street.
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Goldman Sachs
Assisted Executive Director and Program Manager (Former Employee), New Orleans, LA – April 25, 2013
Pros: learning about new business start-ups
Cons: long hours
Always intertesting. Had alot of fun dealing with the different various people.
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very competitive and cut through
Financial Analyst - Fixed Income, Currency (Former Employee), New York, NY – April 15, 2013
not an open environment
low morale environment
very competitive
no work life balance
secretive environment
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It pays in the long term
Goldman Sachs University Analyst (Current Employee), New York, NY – April 10, 2013
Great place to learn from some of the most knowledgeable and brilliant minds.
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Managing Projects
Vice President (Former Employee), New York, NY – April 8, 2013
Delivering projects at high pressurized environments and constant change in requirements by users and SEC rules.
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Fast-paced, fun, respectable
Cost & Document Controls (Former Employee), Jersey City, NJ – March 27, 2013
I enjoyed working with individuals who are smart, motivated and working towards a common goal.
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Great Place to work
Lead Specialist (Former Employee), Bangalore, KA – March 26, 2013
Pros: free snacks, company transportation, amazing work ambiance
Cons: unheathy competition, long working hours
They had the best of the technology and every day came with a new set of challenges to be overcome.A great learning experience, very organized and disciplined and you get to work with a wide background of people with from different discipline and ethnic background.
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Stressful, Fun, Productive
Senior Operation Analyst (Former Employee), Jersey City, NJS – March 20, 2013
Pros: great benefits
Cons: work long hours
The most enjoyable part of the job was my responsibilities. The hardest part of my job was being a trouble shooter. It was challenging but I enjoyed it.
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Intense environment with brillant people
Vice President (Current Employee), New York, NY – March 18, 2013
Enjoyed what I did.
Wonderful work environment.
Career progression
Ability to gain diverse work environment
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Fast pace work environment
Client Onboarding / Due Diligence, Consultant (Current Employee), Jersey City, NJ – March 5, 2013
Best thing about my job is that I am constantly learning new and interesting things about the business.
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Best work experience ever!
Compliance Analyst (Former Employee), Jersey City, NJ – February 26, 2013
Pros: being surrounded by the brightest minds in the universe
Cons: work life balance is non existant in some positions but not all
If you are offered the opportunity to work for Goldman Sachs, take it without hesitation. It will be a very valuable life experience.
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Smart people and team based culture
Vice President, Securities (Current Employee), New York, NY – February 25, 2013
The best part about working at GS is the people. I'm surrounded by individuals who are smart, motivated and working towards a common goal. The atmosphere is very much like that of a winning sports team.
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Work Hard - Play Hard
Administrative Assistant (Current Employee), New York, NY – February 6, 2013
Goldman is a great team working environment. It has a lot of intelligent individuals who work hard each day to turn out amazing results for the company.
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