The ping-pong press was hot on the trail. But it was still difficult to determine who Greg Smith was, and where he was coming from. A testimonial from a former intern, who called Smith “one of the more personable, friendly, and genuine guys on the floor,” corroborated Smith’s self-portrayal. ![]() Did Smith think, when he signed on with the bank, that he was joining a charitable organization? When, as the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde put it, were Goldman Sachs’s altruistic years? Why, if Smith was writing honestly, did he resort to such squidgy clichés as, “I can honestly say”? What were the circumstances of his decision to leave Goldman Sachs: Did his unease build over the years, or was there a precipitating incident? Or was he passed over for a promotion? (The company, defending its “client-driven reputation,” insinuated, not particularly persuasively, that Smith was “ disgruntled.”) A bit more useful information about Smith’s background, and his backstory at Goldman, and a bit less information about his triumphs at the Maccabiah Games would have helped a reader to discern his motivations. Smith’s piece provided an interesting portrait of life at Goldman Sachs, but it also raised a lot of questions.
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