Goldman Sachs

"Great policies relative to other companies for maternity leave, lactation rooms, etc. Part time options can exist but doesn't allow you to progress. "

"Hours can be very long..Most women with children that I knew in senior roles had a full-time nanny."

"There are a lot of employee-friendly and family-friendly policies on the books. Your manager plays a big role in what type of flexibility you can achieve--policies are in place but often don't apply equally to everyone (example: you can work from home but occasionally and generally only with a rationale such as illness or some other extenuating circumstance. It's the exception and not the norm in most cases--but gets easier the more senior a person is)."

"They have pretty good programs for working moms such as on site lactation center, on site backup daycare, flex work arrangements and etc. however people are very demanding and work gets quite stressful so often that you can't really have work-life balance. It's constantly skewed to work if you want to be successful in this company. If you try to have work-life balance here, you will have bard time keeping up with the work load. I manage to leave the office "early" at six o'clock but end up either working my blackberry constantly or log into work at night."

"Great company, beautiful office, awesome company culture. Good work-life balance. "