The internet is alight with the Goldman Sachs resignation letter….  regardless of whether or not you believe the gentleman who wrote it, the fact that he wrote it at all speaks to problems.  The response from Goldman Sachs was so PC it almost proves his point. If the leaders of the organization can’t even bring themselves to say his name in print, they are taking too much coaching from their PR or corporate comms lackeys and not enough from their own common sense. Their rebuttal reads like a vanilla dismissal, lacking any passion or indication of serious care – in other words, arrogant, dismissive, and overly-proud.  At least to my ears… I’m sure to others it is perfectly pitched.

If you haven’t seen the op-ed, here it is:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html

And here’s the response, you have to scroll down a bit to find it – to 12:36 postings:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/goldman-executive-resigns-via-public-letter