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> you don't think there are workplaces where it's a blackmark to be a progressive? Why don't you come over to some finance jobs? Former Goldman banker here, I'
by leroy_masochist 9y ago
> you don't think there are workplaces where it's a blackmark to be a progressive? Why don't you come over to some finance jobs?
Former Goldman banker here, I'm calling bullshit on this point. In mainstream Wall Street you can be super left-wing and do just fine with office politics.
Sure, "some finance jobs" are at small funds run by cranky old rightwing baby boomers who get their news from Drudge, but it's a real stretch to say that having strong leftwing views would be a meaningful impediment to a great career on the Street. I can think of many specific examples both at GS and elsewhere.
- gadders 9y agoI also work in Banks (in the UK) and would agree with this. I think people don't tend to wear their politics on their sleeve - i.e. most people wouldn't say in conversation who they are voting for - but you can tend to spot that some people trend more left wing than right. The team I was working with during Brexit was very pro-remain, for instance, and that tends to be largely (but not exclusively) a position more popular on the left.