Goldman Sachs

You get to work with very smart and talented people all around. People are also very helpful and ever willing to share their expertise with you. There is also quite a flat hierarchy and very accessible senior management.

Relatively politics-free and almost a complete meritocracy. Hard work is rewarded with good pay and promotions. You can grow very fast here if you perform well.

Hassle and red-tape-free work environment where you can focus on getting the work done.

Way too much work. No life outside work. You are expected to give 100% to work all the time.

Technology work in front office divisions is not really tech work; you get to work on mundane support items and outdated technologies, most of them proprietary.

Stop thinking of Bangalore as a cost center. Otherwise, you will lose the best talent and be left with only mediocre people doing mediocre work. It needs to be on par with any other office in the world.

Pay in Bangalore technology needs to be revised, given the competition in the market. Pay is not that great compared to the amount of work and commitment asked for.