Goldman Demands an Oath From Junior Bankers Every 3 Months

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to ask junior bankers to confirm their loyalty on a regular basis in a bid to limit advances from talent-hungry buyout firms.

The investment bank will ask new analysts to certify every three months that they haven’t accepted jobs elsewhere, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing the confidential plan.

A representative for Goldman Sachs declined to comment.

The move is meant to thwart poaching by private equity firms that have been signing up junior bankers near the start of their on-the-job training, a practice known as on-cycle recruitment. Some buyout shops are even approaching newbies before they show up for their analyst programs, stoking tensions across the industry.

Last month, JPMorgan Chase & Co. told incoming graduates that they’ll be fired if they are caught accepting offers of future jobs somewhere else before they complete their first 18 months at the firm.

Soon after, Apollo Global Management told prospective investment-banking candidates that it wouldn’t interview or extend offers this year to the class of 2027. Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan said “asking students to make career decisions before they truly understand their options doesn’t serve them or our industry.”

Is it simply your word that you haven't accepted a job elsewhere? lmao

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Loyalty oath (Non Optional), Not defrauding citizens through sovereign wealth funds (Optional)

 

Feel like FINRA/SEC needs to speak up on this. I get how there could be a conflict of interest but at the same time large financial companies don’t care about their employees. They will fire analysts the second it benefits them so I don’t blame anyone for accepting other job offers while still employed.

FINRA has no problem going after people for improper use of WhatsApp’s or client entertainment expenses but don’t want to say if they see an issue with an employee that has an offer from a PE firm being involved in selling a company to said PE firm.

 

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