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<p>The front office guys at Goldman make tons of money. At a retailer, a backoffice guy may make multiple times what the front office guys make and thus look down upon them. Given that it is a financial firm, there are more opportunities for those in finance roles. At a technology company, there would be more opportunities for someone in technology than in finance. That being said, even a bank can be very operationally focussed (like Bank of America).</p>
<p>As for actual positions, that is really tough to say. A company could have tens of thousands of back office workers who are doing a wide variety of tasks.</p>
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<p>If you want to do operations, there is nothing wrong with it. However, understand that it may receive more respect at some companies than others. Strategy consulting is largely about process improvement and thus operations is very important at companies like BCG, McKinsey, and Bain. There are plenty of MBA students coming from financial firms like Goldman that would love to get a job at one of those companies.</p>