Does a seven-figure paycheck make being demeaned on a daily basis worth it? (Spoiler alert, no!) But that’s what Jamie Fiore Higgins wondered over the two decades she worked at the huge financial firm Goldman Sachs. A twist on the Wolf of Wall Street trope, the New Jersey native was among the few women who rose to the ranks of managing director, but her professional success came at a cost: an alleged torrent of verbal harassment, a miscarriage in an office bathroom, and a workplace affair that almost destroyed her marriage. Finally, she quit, leaving a bunch of money on the table, and started working on the book that explores how the job changed her. Here, Higgins talks about her identity being wrapped up in work, her affair, and the cultish behaviors at the company. Read More | 
