我为什么离开高盛？

　　Greg Smith is resigning today as a Goldman Sachs executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

　　Greg Smith曾是高盛执行董事，高盛的美国股票衍生业务在欧洲、中东和非洲的主管。

　　Today is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity. And I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it.

　　今天是我在高盛的最后一天。我在高盛工作了12年，最初在斯坦福读书时夏季来做实习生，然后在纽约工作了十年，现在在伦敦。我想我在这里工作了足够长时间，能够理解其文化发展轨迹，理解其员工和身份。说实话，现在的环境是我见过最有毒和最破坏性的高盛。

　　To put the problem in the simplest terms, the interests of the client continue to be sidelined in the way the firm operates and thinks about making money. Goldman Sachs is one of the world’s largest and most important investment banks and it is too integral to global finance to continue to act this way. The firm has veered so far from the place I joined right out of college that I can no longer in good conscience say that I identify with what it stands for.

　　简单一点来讲就是，高盛的运行模式和赚钱理念把客户的利益放在次要位置，但高盛是世界规模最大、最有影响力的投行之一，它与全球金融的相关性太高，不能够这样做。从我大学毕业入职高盛至今，这家投行已经发生了转变，现在我不能够问心无愧的说我同意这家投行的立场。

　　It might sound surprising to a skeptical public, but culture was always a vital part of Goldman Sachs’s success. It revolved around teamwork, integrity, a spirit of humility, and always doing right by our clients. The culture was the secret sauce that made this place great and allowed us to earn our clients’ trust for 143 years. It wasn’t just about making money; this alone will not sustain a firm for so long. It had something to do with pride and belief in the organization. I am sad to say that I look around today and see virtually no trace of the culture that made me love working for this firm for many years. I no longer have the pride, or the belief.

　　文化曾经是高盛取得成功的重要原因，这一点对公众来说似乎有点出乎意料。过去高盛的文化一直围绕着团队协作、正直、谦逊，以及永远为客户的利益考虑。文化是高盛之所以能成为一个伟大公司的秘诀，帮助我们在过去的143年一直赢得客户的信任。过去高盛的文化不仅仅围绕赚钱，因为这一点不足以使一个公司在这么长的时期里屹立不倒。高盛的人一直为公司感到骄傲，对自己所从事的事业充满信仰。然而，在过去很多年，我环顾四周，发觉曾经使我热爱这份工作的文化已不复存在，我不再为它感到骄傲，我不再对自己从事的事业充满信仰。