Comments on: Goldman Sachs Trader Addicted to Facebook

by: -A-

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:39:48 +0000

@Babak: Isn’t that the case for any job? Charlie just went a li’l overboard with his obsession to stay online. He still wasn’t as bad as some people I know.

by: Are we starting to spend too much time online? at David Marcus’ Blog | Mobile, Media and Entrepreneurship

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:07:04 +0000

[…] How many times were we late for dinner, a drink or even a meeting and nevertheless got stuck at doing something online, either for work or fun? This very important thing that couldn’t wait could have been done the next day, but we get stuck, sometimes mesmerized by something happening behind a computer screen. Take Charlie Barrow, a promising young trader who got fired from Goldman Sachs because of his addiction and time spent online on Facebook. Is sitting in front of a connected computer more rewarding than sipping a glass of wine with friends on a terrace? We probably all know it isn’t, but nevertheless we stay on. As if the screen was one of these blue lights and we were mosquitoes irremediably attracted, without a chance to escape, to something that appeals to a part of us we have no control over. […]

by: Babak

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:30:35 +0000

Rachel,
all I know is there is a line going round the block for people who would kill to work for Sachs.

by: Rachel

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:21:22 +0000

Don’t be silly, of course GS would hire ’someone like this’. Someone like what exactly — aged under 30? All of us waste time on the internet. It’s not a big deal and given the hours we work, it’s fair enough. We need a break sometime. I visit about 20 sites a day when I’m bored (and I love my job)… it’s like going for a glass of water or staring out the window for a few moments.

By the way the four hours thing is just because he tends to work with the page still open.

by: Swerve

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:51:01 +0000

The email is of course a joke, no-one in HR at any firm like GS would write like that. It was posted by Charlie’s friends and created more interest than expected.

by: Charlie Barrow: Facebook & Goldman Sachs by Cornell Blog

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:22:04 +0000

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by: john

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:40:18 +0000

lol

by: Babak

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:34:31 +0000

lol… yeah, but he was a broker (salesman) not a trader. I guess he still is.

by: john

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:25:46 +0000

they hired cramer…just kidding…glad to see u posting again