'Had To Keep Feminine Side Hushed': Why Woman Earning Six Figure Salary Quit Goldman Sachs
Former Goldman Sachs vice president Lindsay MacMillan has recently made headlines with revelations about the company's toxic work culture. In a candid statement, she disclosed that she departed the firm two years ago due to its pervasive "man's world" atmosphere, which left female employees feeling undervalued and unsupported.
In an essay for Business Insider, Lindsay MacMillan, who advanced to the position of Vice President in Goldman Sachs' marketing department, shared that she ended her promising career at the bank after six years due to the pressure to "keep my feminine side tucked away" as one of the few women in her division.?
She revealed that her demanding schedule, running from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and including long hours on weekends, was dictated by "whatever the male leadership pushed."
Describing her experience, MacMillan stated that she was the only woman in a team of 20 investors.?
She felt compelled to adopt a more masculine demeanor to succeed professionally, writing, "I wore a pantsuit and muted my personality. I played golf, discussed football, and cried in the bathroom stall to avoid being seen shedding tears at my desk."
MacMillan also shared that when she posted poetry on her Instagram account, she received "negative comments" from colleagues "about how emotional the poems were." This, among other challenges, contributed to her decision to leave Goldman Sachs.
Ms. MacMillan, who became a vice president at the age of 28, wrote that she was "burned out¡ªnot from the work itself but from the parts of me I had to dim along the way."
However, Ms. MacMillan was disappointed by the headline posted by Business Insider,? and later posted on LinkedIn, "Not only did I not write these words, but I made clear that the headline needed to be about CELEBRATING women, not bashing men."
MacMillan added that she "didn't hate my job by any means" and found the work "intellectually stimulating."
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