Not a Good Career Decision for Software Engineers - Software Engineer JPMorganChase Employee Review

2.0
Jan 25, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good Health and 401k Benefits Decent time off

Cons

Old technology. Politics, extreme posturing, people wasting your time and showboating so they can get ahead. Recruiters lie about how much of a bonus you get. Not a good move for young technologists, don't learn much. They just want you for the young people numbers. Houston building is terrible, maybe other locations are better. Dim and depressing. Working from home strongly discouraged.

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Pros

Great development and learning opportunities

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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