Goldman Sachs Lead Software Engineer salaries in India (Updated 2025)

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...S makes you feel like you’re staying 5 star hotel very supportive staff members. Gym reimbursement Bonus Insurance etc

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Toxic work culture Promotion is based on favouritism of Team manager. Floor is divided in two parts Bangalore and Hyderabad. Bangalore people who are staying in Hyderabad yet hate Telangana people. Lot of micro management.

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Nothing worth mentioning

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Poor compensation, they won't give any hike upon promotions as well No benefits to junior employees, leadership takes all the money and benefits Mandatory work from office policy Leadership will try to justify their decision choices even if they are not logical Work quality is mediocre Long work hours

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if you are only concerned about package then GS pays off good fortune, but for work ethics, learning, work life balance and work satisfactions it is a disappointment. lots and lots of internal politics no well defined structure of work, its all about working in a fashion to get in eyes of upper management, no matter you actually work or not. Also, no job security, your performance does not matter when it comes to retaining, its all about how highly you are paid.

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politics, bios-ness, no structure of work , restriction of growth.

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Everything about Goldman is amazing!

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The differentiation that they have in their compensation between Tier 1 and Tier 2 colleges. It’s maintained even after joining and in promotions. Tier1 get better bonuses simply because they are from a Tier1 college.

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Goldman Sachs offers a very conducive work environment and will help any individual build a strong professional network of smart and highly thoughtful people. As for job security, there was recently a round of layoffs in the Bengaluru and Hyderabad offices, but the Risk division remained largely unimpacted by it, as this is a more federation mid/back office role.

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The compensation is not very competitive anymore. Gone are the days (roughly 5 years ago or older) when Goldman Sachs was ranked among the top paymasters in IITs and other engineering colleges. This can also be felt in how the firm treats its employees, they are aggressively looking to cut costs with perks and other basic office facilities. Work at Goldman Sachs can also be very monotonous in that daily deliverables are simply regulatory reports that are submitted daily, with only the data being refreshed every day. Not too relevant to the analytics & reporting roles, but Goldman Sachs has often been criticized for the age-old tech stacks and infrastructure in place, which hindered progress many times. As others have opined, do agree with the statement that promotions do not hold a lot of value at Goldman Sachs.