Sachs to grind vs. Chick-fil-A
Before they complained about brutal hours and missing meal stipends, young Goldman Sachs staffers were reportedly concerned about Chick-fil-A.
A group of first-year bankers at the Wall Street powerhouse recently debated whether the fast-food chain’s chicken sandwiches belonged at the corporate dinner table, a new report says.
The 2019 discussion was sparked by Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy’s opposition to same-sex marriage, Fox Business Network reported.
Cathy’s anti-LGBT views — which have sparked boycotts and protests of Chickfil-A in the past — led some Goldman associates to wonder whether it was appropriate to eat the chain’s food at a planned dinner meeting at the megabank’s Manhattan headquarters, according to the network.
Goldman management eventually put an end to the dispute by deciding Chick-fil-A would be allowed, people with direct knowledge of the incident told Fox.
But Goldman spokesperson Nicole Sharp disputed whether the culinary contretemps had even occurred, saying the bank had not seen or heard any evidence of it taking place.
“We don’t believe this to be true,” Sharp told The Post in an e-mail. “Can’t guarantee or confirm it didn’t happen, but the idea that there’s a policy requiring senior approval is nonsense.”
The anecdote emerged amid signs of upheaval among junior Goldman staffers who are tired of working the grueling, “inhuman” hours, with one staffer comparing it to his day going through the foster-care system.