Worst Place for Technical People - Assistant Vice President - Technology Project Manager JPMorganChase Employee Review

1.0
Mar 22, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, though the stock purchase plan and 401K contribution were not as generous as other companies.

Cons

I can speak only from the technology realm. The company downsizes on an annual bases in the double digits to make their numbers. Replaces US employees with offshore employees or with H1B visa consultants. There is no such thing as work/life balance and there is no such thing as comp time. I did get comp time once after I had spent a summer working 14-hour days during the week and working several weekends, my manager smiled and gave me a day off. Management is rude and demeaning to their employees. In my area, there were several people who applied for jobs elsewhere in the bank but were blackballed by their managers. The only people who got out were the folks who knew the hiring manager first. It is a finger-pointing organization and highly micromanaged from the top levels. You constantly have to CYA. Also, in the 6 years I was there, I only received 2 raises. After 2008, no one in my department saw a raise except for a couple of people, and they weren't happy with the raises they got. If you're in technology, stay away!

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 21, 2026
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Pros

They treat people well overall. It's all about connecting to others to get anything done, so if you're great with networking and maintaining connections it's a good place to work. Honestly the kindest layoff I've ever experienced, including genuine internal support to find another job. Still doing meaningful DOI work, including some of the best friendly benefits out there.

Cons

If you don't have a highly specialized cyber security skill set or work at a main campus in Texas, Ohio, Delaware, New York or New Jersey don't expect to ever move up the ladder. Staying focused on goals OR successfully communicating strategy pivots seems to be beyond most MDs in Global Technology. They seem to be having a re-org problem at the moment. I had 5 managers in the last 365 days I was there, hardly time to get any work done and then challenged at the end to show impact or delivery, all you can do is shrug and say 'tell me how, when you moved me every 2 months?"

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