Goldman Sachs managers distributed bank employees who complained about inhuman working conditions, fruit baskets and snacks. According to The Guardian, judging by all the leadership paid for them from their pockets.
Employees, though liked the bonus, but they noted that he was not a comparison with benefits that competitors were provided to their employees. For example, Jefferies provided junior staff with simulators, and investment bankers from Credit Suisse received 20 thousand dollars in compensation for working with an unprecedented transaction volume.
Earlier in March, the younger staff of Goldman Sachs, who set up in the bank after the start of the pandemic, complained that they had to work on average 95 hours a week, that is, almost 14 hours every day without days off.
Analysts sleep at five o’clock a day, there are no more than three nights, and the level of their anxiety already “breaks through the roof.” The surveyed specialists stated that their relationship with family and friends became worse, they were forced to appeal for psychological help.
Although it was about working in the US office, the recent testimony of Goldman employees from the UK suggest that the problem affects them. The Guardian notes that in every London team is constantly from three to six people on vacation due to emotional burnout.