Goldman Sachs junior bankers describe ‘inhumane’ working conditions where they don’t have time to eat or shower in a brutal internal survey

Goldman Sachs junior bankers describe ‘inhumane’ working conditions where they don’t have time to eat or shower in a brutal internal survey

Overworked junior staffers at one of the world's most prominent investment banks are fed up.

First-year investment analysts at Goldman Sachs detailed what they call "inhumane" working conditions in an informal, 13-person survey that made the rounds on social media on Thursday. The analysts styled the February survey's findings like an official Goldman slide deck, and they shared the results with management, Bloomberg reported. 

The 24-question survey paints a brutal picture of burnout, sleep deprivation, and declining mental and physical health among Goldman's most junior bankers. 

According to the questionnaire, analysts worked an average of 98 hours per week since the beginning of 2021, sleeping an average of five hours per night. All respondents said their work hours had negatively affected their relationships with family and friends.

"There was a point where I was not eating, showering, or doing anything else other than working from morning until after midnight," one unnamed analyst said. 

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On a scale of one to 10, respondents rated their mental health as a 2.8 and their physical wellbeing as a 2.1, as