Bloomberg Wealth: High Pay, Unlimited Vacation. Welcome to Wall Street

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If you had an endless number of vacation days, would you take as many as you could? The obvious answer might be “yes.” But I have a sneaking suspicion the type-A readers of this newsletter might end up saying “no.”

A recently disclosed memo to staff at Goldman Sachs showed the Wall Street bank will allow senior staff to take an unlimited number of vacation days. Lower-level employees will get two extra days off each year and from 2023, all employees will be required to take three weeks off, including at least one full week.