[proud_yank]

Such wealth costs. We have been introduced to the phenomenon of the "extreme worker": those for whom office is home, who keep a wardrobe behind their desk and who, when occasionally bumping into a spouse, murmur a "I recognise your face from somewhere". Well, Goldmanites are at the extreme end of extreme.

When a female friend dumped her Goldman boyfriend, he couldn't take it in. "Why?" he kept asking. "Because," she replied. "I see more of Aunt Hilda than you. And she has been dead five years." Typically my friend was asleep when lover boy got home and would still be asleep when he left for work.

Another Goldman widow books hourly slots. "I've lost count of the number of times I've been stood up in restaurants." Divorce rates are high. "Goldman guys are always travelling," says a rival. "The poor wife is left at home while he is probably getting a bit of extra entertainment."

And while you might earn oodles, you will also spend it. One who has escaped says: "Now I live in the country I am amazed how little I spend. Working for Goldman you have so little time you end up paying people to run and live your life for you."

Personally, I would not label this as 'successful'.

Consolation, I guess, for those whose Christmas bonus barely stretches beyond a mince pie.

Work harder.

[durasell]

Better to work for one of those laid back hedge funds...

[aligncare]

Sorry, but you ended your post with a contradiction.

[Jimmy Valentine]

"I wear the chains I forged in life, Ebeneezer."

[MEGoody]

Personally, I would not label this as 'successful'.

Agreed.