"I do think for a business like ours, which is an innovative, collaborative apprenticeship culture, this is not ideal for us. And it’s not a new normal. It’s an aberration that we’re going to correct as soon as possible,” he said.
Solomon added he was particularly concerned about an incoming "class" of around 3,000 new recruits, who wouldn’t be able to access the "direct mentorship" they would normally receive in a workplace environment.
"I am very focused on the fact that I don’t want another class of young people arriving at Goldman Sachs in the summer remotely," he said.
"I don’t think as we get out of the pandemic the overall operating mode of the way a business like ours operates will be vastly different," he added.
