CONTACT CAROLINE
facebook
rss
tumblr
twitter
goodreads
youtube

  • Home
  • Write Away Blog
  • Books
    • Books
    • Trompe l’Oeil
    • Heart Land
    • Gothic Spring
    • Ballet Noir
    • Book Excerpts
  • Video Interviews
  • Press
    • News
    • Print Interviews
    • Plays
    • Ballet Noir in the Press
    • Trompe l’Oeil In The Press
    • Gothic Spring In The Press
    • Heart Land Reviews
  • Contact
  • About
  • Resources
    • Writer Resources
    • Favorite Blogs
    • Favorite Artists



The Feminine Side Of Goldman Sachs

Mar 03, 2014
by Caroline Miller
"Yes Goldman Sachs Really is a Great Place to Work", Anne Vandermey, Goldman Sachs, maternity poicy at Goldman Sachs
0 Comment

Like others, I’ve taken my swipes at Goldman Sachs. (Blog 8/30/13) But after reading Anne Vandermey’s article, “Yes, Goldman Sachs Really is a Great Place to Work,” I came away less sure of my opinion. (Fortune, Feb.3, 14 pgs 97-104). As The author remarks, not only are the company’s bonuses generous but so is the food in the lunchroom. The spa services are an added luxury and if needed, counseling is provided. No wonder the business is able to cream off the best and brightest graduates throughout the country. (Ibid pg. 100) Competition for jobs at Goldman Sachs is fierce. “Less than 3% of 97,6000 applicants for analyst and associate roles won a seat at the firm last year, making it twice as hard to get into as Harvard.” (Ibid, pg. 9)

 Of course, the same positives found at Goldman Sachs can be found at other companies which is why it is 47th out of 100 among top ranked employers. But where Goldman shines is in its policies designed to advance women’s careers. It offers a paid four-month maternity leave for both biological and adoptive mothers, and at its headquarters in New Jersey, it provides an infant transitions program — 40 days of free onsite child care. In addition, Goldman has initiated a “Returnship” program designed to allow young mothers or fathers a “voluntary career break” of two years or more. (Ibid pg. 102) And, while the company favors type A personalities, it discourages working on Saturdays — a policy meant to take pressure off families.

 If Goldman Sachs can show it’s feminine side yet remain a successful and envied company, there’s hope other employers might initiate similar policies so that women, in particular, don’t have to choose between work and family.

 Vandermey’s article has altered my opinion of Goldman Sachs. As Shakespeare wrote: “… nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” (Hamlet, II, ii)

 

business women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Courtesy of www.theasec.org)

 

 

Social Share

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

*
*

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Contact Caroline at

carolinemiller11@yahoo.com

Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

  • Ballet Noir
  • Trompe l’Oeil
  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

Subscribe to Caroline’s Blog


 

Archives

Categories

YouTube-logo-inline2 To access and subscribe to my videos on YouTube, Click Here and click the Subscribe button.

Banner art “The Receptive” by Charlie White of Charlie White Studio

Web Admin: ThinPATH Systems, Inc
support@tp-sys.com

Subscribe to Caroline's Blog


 

Contact Caroline at

carolinemiller11@yahoo.com

Sitemap | Privacy Notice

AUDIO & VIDEO VAULT

View archives of Caroline’s audio and videos interviews.


Copyright © Books by Caroline Miller