GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

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PLUMTREE COURT 25 SHOE LANE LONDON EC4A 4AU UNITED KINGDOM
TIN: 02263951 Phone: +44 20 7774 1000
https://www.goldmansachs.com/
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Easy to get VP Executive Director at Global Markets - front offi Happening date 2022-03-20

The biggest GS problem is that there is no meritocracy. Having worked in IB for more than 15years, I’ve seen tremendous injustices in terms of promotions, pay, and culture. (deleted by the administrator) is now difference.HR tends to recruit mix of brilliant people, which we can divided into 2 categories:
- superbly educated and mediocre ones too (mostly with bought MBAs, not even target, expensive ones, as we are seeing many random, non-name candidates).Being superb, CFA , Phd technical is a deep liability because you’re expected to stay quiet and just churn out work.
- Administrators, corp. sliders based on bosses liking than skills. Conversely, the people who are incapable of producing quality work are assigned “softer jobs” such as going to meetings, presenting to higher ups, and eventually managing others. Sooner or later all the “smart” people end up reporting to people who don’t understand the business but are good at sucking up to their boss. Those mainly have MBAs, so they aren't experts at all from anything...if you think 1 yrs programme will make you a leader in banking you are irrational, especially without ground knowledge which only qualifications and even masters provides.

I don’t have an axe to grind, and actually think this culture has helped my career. In fact it is a great place to learn and grow if you have luck to deal with 1st category! Provided exit opportunities (if you are not too old - age bias) Hedge Funds etc in my case.The common misconception is it is difficult not being sb protégé. Well, I was recruited by direct HR approach last year (typically for +VP grades)
However, I can call myself very lucky as HR on-board me although:
- I was disciplinary terminated, (deleted by the administrator) in 15’ focusing on the last employer instead, recommendation. Lucky this hasn’t impacted my screening, most banks perform much detailed checks further in history!
- I'm 100% non-TARGET (Uni, MBAs, background etc)I have low (3.6/5.0)M.Sc. Marketing/Accounting of Eastern Europe non target even there, 2nd degree- but never finished back at home, started ACCA which failed after 1st exam, same goes to FCA etc. An obvious trick was do buy instead MBA(nb fails those!) the cheapest London’s MBA(100% pass rates+ CMI incl. for free) nb cares, West London at the end my programme which I had to extended, luckly merged with City Uni - what confused HR as it is still same low quality with other slightly better label).
Most banks won’t even care about those, somehow GS/Morgan HR’s need tick this off for any promotion, won’t even consider it as any value as you can easily cheat and outsource most assignments to copywriters like most ppl did. Professional qualification in other hand requires sacrifice doing everything all exams by yourself, what was/is challenge for expats not fluent in English. Have you wondered why some EDs having very weak education like me, barely know how to draft an emails and overall suck in communication (now you have an answer) not to mention being threaten by more skilled co-workers?
- I don’t have Russel Group (UK)/Ivy business diploma – nothing further from this in fact, as I have graduated mediocre accounting major in one of Easter European uni, not even the most competitive major to start with, this doesn’t make sense hearing about top schools requirements at all.
- My background by no means wasn’t FO,as I came from generic op. Firmops,CA experience, never been involved in actually sells pitching, direct clients interaction, not like most transfers to FO coming neither Risk or Research, Finance nor Markets exp
- I’m not qualified – neither FCA, FRM, ACCA etc, in fact Analyst, Assoc. I supervise are 2x more technical superb than me, as far my +15 YOE middle/back office operational support goes.
I have started ACCA but failed at 1 exam, started FCA but failed, so MBA with impossible to fail(100% successful rate) at West London was my way around, especially as they merged it with City Uni at final study what confused HR even more and giving other label for quality same school instead.
- CHEAT TRICK there are MBAs and “MBAs”- I have completed the cheapest (budget limitation and language barrier) non-target (some called it Micky Mouse MBA) London’s MBA as typical those throw in meaningless CMI paper incl in price, both nb really cares but HR needs to tick this off – costed +£16k, which was later luckily merged with City Uni.The main requirement was pass basic IELTS test(some might laugh)not like in professional MBA programmes (GMAT) not to mentioning LSE and rest Russel’s Group requirements!
Most of my colleagues @GS have graduated LSE etc (for £110k-140£k eMBA)however due to language, communication I was also forced to use extensive help copywriters(fiverr,gumtee lots of them to choose from) to pass final result. One of advantages MBA over restrict self-study qualification as many people and alumni was doing the same, due to work commitments or just pure laziness etc. MBAs are more restrictive due to their costs not level, as you won’t be banking expert after 1(18mths generic program), of course there are exemptions, not mine.
- My communication skills although average at the best, I have never studied English language as my 1st foreign language, nor eastern accent luckily hasn’t impacted my chances. I know it is huge obstacle in other FS sectors at senior level.
- Finally if I were representing a different sex, probably not meeting diversity targets (GS it is no surprise aims to influx % women giving us a bit blind eye, I wouldn’t stand a chance among male colleagues, with CFAs, LSEs etc)
Overall I’m so grateful and happy that I can lead own team and set own targets as well recruit people suitable for business and my management own personal goals.

Policy vs reality and discrimination (own interest above company's)
“The firm is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all qualified persons …including race, nationality, sex, gender, religion and age.”
Well dead policy, the reality is other way round. So much depends on people. I’m keep telling friends that in this business critical thinking is disadvantageous, there is no space for too old, too experienced candidates as they tend to create leaderships challenges and raising uncomfortable questions about sense and ways of doing things. Craftsmanship speed, accuracy are the most important in this role alongside soft skills managed ( at the end not the most knowledgeable or skilled got promoted!).I personally tend to recruit only young candidates, who are willing to make effort, work long hours and do not challenge supervisors causing unnecessary fractions. Why I would recruit sb you can possess a threat to my role in first place!

Ethics& Integrity:
Neither GS nor my previous bank wouldn’t probably mind if I will admit that I’ve spent few years clamming council social housing benefits as well, living with my further family in their council flat and still work as Director(savings ‘000 in the process, just using loopholes).I simply used an opportunity as I was learnt doing at work and play the game.

To summarize I’m not exactly a raw model for junior colleagues (sometimes) better qualified and technically skilled on the job than me, neither in terms of technicality nor especially ethics at all, but as they came to me and once you are in, who cares!
All of the above are true and rather simple to check, so I hope HR is taking notes. Morgan's HR acknowledged that if they had known much earlier, they would have responded appropriately, as now…now it is yours and only yours problem, more details resurface with BofA being in loop too.
In other words not only geniuses get ED roles but also like my case process masters as I was lucky to work on process in competitive bank they wanted.
Only reason why HR so much lowered a threshold for me and fact I'm a women (as Goldman after lawsuit and paying $215m compensation tries so much to get more women into front office roles)

WARSAW:
Polish entity was opened as management still highlight due to cost savings reasons (labour still cheap, although cost of living in Poland already caught up with some Western Countries!) che3ck m2 square meters vs salaries in Polish GS, compare those with colleagues in Dublin, Zurich or London! Nevertheless breaking into Goldman is the easiest in Warsaw among all European location as ED as example barely met managers levels, most do not have even qualifications, nor financial background (some has diplomas the weakest local unis!) rest bough MBAs which do not provide any banking expertise, above generic 12months most training how to manage people way smarter than yourself.IF you read GS review globally you will notice that people hate having those, unexperienced, unqualified individuals only nominated because being women or etc HR KPIs as lack of competences is easily showing off.
Not surprise some roles import colleagues from India for the same reason, but never ask us from west to consider relocation as assuming we are too overqualified and too expensive for their targets. Well know-how and quality requires cost and can be easily subsidise by cheap and unqualified labour.

Only pros Warsaw is fact is you are liked, if you are networked you can somehow managed at junior level (nb transfer unqualified Polish EDs etc) to other locations which is something standing GS above other banks do not even considering allowing even the brightest minds to make such expensive for them movement. For most they love underpaid great staff working for half what they would have to spend in London or 30% that they pay in New York (US always pays 30-40% better!). If you want to learn from the best than Warsaw is the weakest the bank office now in Europe, you would benefit more breaking into Frankfurt or London, or even small as 20 FTEs Dublin's office.

To summarize over my experience in GS you will see one of the bests in investment banking people (worth to learn from them) qualified, with Phds in narrow quats or IB field and generalist, without any qualifications or bought MBAs (meaningless across even London's banking financial service sector as most banks ignore those, everyone can do them it is a matter of $$ even outsource due to laziness or lack of time most to copy writers). They normally very weak, easy to challenged (reason why most of them will discriminate you feeling being threatened, more skilled than themselves colleagues) use micromanagement and delegating tasks they do not even understand first. We call them self-proclaimed leaders as if not HR mistakes to recruit them they won't stand a change to more rounded and qualified colleagues.
Better choose wisely with who do you want to work as 2 kind will drawn you rather allow you to be promoted...this is a rule as much in London and lower office like Warsaw, the only difference is salaries and recognition as London is recognized globally, when nb ever heard about GS in Poland.

Ergo Happening date 2016-06-06
@Easy to get VP Executive Director at Global Markets - front offi

It has come to my attention that the Human Resources department has not exercised due diligence in properly evaluating this individual's credentials. They have failed to conduct the standard practice of conducting thorough background checks, including a review of their employment history spanning several years and obtaining references from at least two previous employers. It is evident that this person's appointment was based on privileges, recommendations from influential individuals, or personal connections, rather than being recruited on the basis of their competencies. This has resulted in a significant level of frustration among us, as this individual's qualifications, or rather their lack thereof, are shockingly inadequate. In comparison to the remuneration they are receiving at (deleted by the administrator), it is apparent that their qualifications are far below the industry standard, and it is regrettable to witness such a discrepancy.
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If this individual had gone through the GS pipeline process for their application, it is highly probable that comprehensive reviews spanning even more than 10 years would have been conducted, leading to the discovery of most, if not all, of these inadequacies. The absence of such thorough evaluation in this case is truly shameful.

My best guess (deleted by the administrator) HR was lied to as she would never been recruited after disciplinary layoff so easily, than Gs HR just took this for granted instead doing proper own checks.Slappy and quick as maybe they need this process operator so desperately to cut a red-tape or she was as I have said borough by sh higher up.(deleted by the administrator) it happens at GS too

FICC Happening date 2023-09-09
@Easy to get VP Executive Director at Global Markets - front offi

It is evident that the individual in question, the one person within whole UK Goldman Sachs who promotes herself on social media as a "CMI" holder, a designation that lacks genuine accreditation, not even examinable and is often included without additional cost in basic MBA programs, such as the one offered at her alma mater, the University of West London (which notably lacks a financial-focused curriculum and is not subject to examination), wouldn't even pass basic analyst assessments at Goldman Sachs.

It is improbable that she would be able to secure a position in the front office, let alone assume a leadership role in managing personnel. Yet, somehow HR allows her to manage people more qualified, skilled much more smarter than she is!

Should someone assert that connections and diversity and inclusion (D&I) bias are inconsequential factors at the senior level, particularly in the context of people management within the Sales & Trading division of Goldman Sachs, division renowned for its historical excellence but now a laughing stock thanks examples like this one (only Investment Banking Division still holds there its quality) as we are seeing random people being recruited, especially forced women when so many great female candidates are awailing on internal transfer.

This situation serves as a compelling illustration of the discernible discrepancies within the Global Markets/Sales & Trading division at Goldman Sachs, and underscores the pivotal role that Human Resources (HR) causes those sort of pathologies.
In this case not analyst but this weak and unqualified ED will be learning from them not other way round!

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GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL for 4 time in the last 12 months is looking for new candidates for the position of Operations Manager. Is it because of the development of the company or because of the high turnover?

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