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Epic Resignation
Leaving a job can be a highly charged emotional situation. It seems that of late, many individuals have taken to social media to air out the dirty laundry upon exit. In March, Greg Smith, formerly of Goldman Sachs provided a scathing review of his former employer, providing insight into the inept...
On Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs, and a Perp Walk Down Memory Lane
I'm changing things up a bit today by posting a new piece written by Ledgerdemath author Omer Rosen. It's running concurrently on the Huffington Post, but Omer not only gave me permission to run it on WSO, he's also going to field any questions or comments you guys might have. Without further ado,...
Sour grapes or sour dough?
So you decide to leave Goldman Sachs for ethical reasons, but you make a big splash out of it, by resigning to the whole world in the New York Times. You talk about your Ivy League education, the fact that you were picked out of 30,000 people to appear of the firm’s recruiting video, which is...
WSO Makes Dealbook
Guess WSO is getting more recognized than I thought: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/why-i-left… Reading through the article, I'm not exactly sure how this is news. But um, yea, big congrats on the publicity.
Greg Smith Gets $1.5m Advance For GS Book Deal
There has been an update on the Greg Smith book deal.That is a great deal of money for this book. I think in today's explosive media circus culture this book (and probably an eventual movie) will make some money. It really makes you question his motives though. Did he blast GS in the NYT because of...
How many of GS's 12,000 VP/ED are in FO?
So after the whole greg smith thing, Blankfein said that there are about 12,000 VPs at Goldman. (http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120314-7107…) The number seems crazy to me considering a SA class ( IBD , Securities, IMD combined) shouldn't exceed 300 in the US (or 1000 worldwide). Considering...
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