Personal Narrative: My Interview With Goldman Sachs

My sister spoke enthusiastically about her new job and her promotion that had taken place all in one week. This conversation was held over our weekly Saturday dinner in the city. As a recent graduate of college she had achieved more than expected. On that Monday she had an interview that led her to being hired Tuesday, she started immediately and that Thursday they had informed her that she would be moving up from position. Anyone in business talks about moving up the corporate ladder, my sister was no different. But her main focus was not just money or power but what her company stood for. Her new job was known for helping out the community from holding benefits for the less privileged to donating money. Working in business fashion can usually

As an employee of Goldman Sachs and a businessman for many years, Greg has seen the best and worst in the businesses. The core of his dilemma is how times have changed within the business world. When he started in the business the firm looked for the good of its clients and had a special culture. As Greg states “ The culture was the secret sauce that made this place great and allowed us to earn our clients’ trust for 143 years”(397). But after several years in the business things started to change and he could no longer support the company. Morals and priorities had changed for the Goldman Sachs employees; now money was the motivation of the company. His co-workers looked for what brought the most profit to them and the company. Greg was not able to adjust to this and of this reason he had to quit. He states “ It wasn’t just about making money; this alone will not sustain a firm for so long”(Greg, 397). Greg also repeats the phrase “ it was time to go” several times to emphasize his disappointment with his job. Goldman Sachs became an untrustworthy, dishonest environment that Smith was not use to and he could no longer stay quiet about

In “Case Against Bear and JPMorgan Provides Little Cheer”; McLean blames the economy crisis on the companies, banks that sold mortgages they weren’t suppose to. Smith is familiar to these companies since he himself worked for one. Both authors have experienced and witnessed the wrongdoings or certain corporations but these large corporations do not get penalized for it. Companies like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Bear have lost their real purpose, which is to serve their clients, but instead look for their own wealth. Smith explains that the business world was not always like this; it was a place where clients trusted their companies. So perhaps without the change in the business world the mortgage fraud would not have happened. This change in people’s perspective of what business was and what employees should be doing is what led to such a big fraud. Smith and McLean publicize their opinions about the business world and what is going on inside these corporations. This can bring change and make companies realize they cannot continue this way. The companies mentioned in the essay will now have to respond to poor criticism and figure out how to repair them, which hopefully is changing their motto. This brings hope for future businessmen and women to change the direction of business back into an honest trust worthy