JPMC Treats external candidates better than internal candidates - Executive Director JPMorganChase Employee Review

2.0
Apr 20, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

JPMC is a huge company so there are a tremendous number of opportunities in the organization. You can find roles in any sector of financial services within the company. The stock price as gone up 250% in the last five years so if you take part in the purchase program you should benefit.

Cons

The firm is more generous to outside candidates for open roles than to internal candidates. Your salary in a new role is not based on the role but it is based on what your salary was in your last position. As a hiring manager, I could bring someone from the outside in at a specific salary, but even if my internal candidate had superior skills and was a better fit for the role, I was capped as to what I could offer based on the internal candidate's current salary. As a manager it was incredibly frustrating. If you are on the Operations teams there is very little opportunity for significant increases to your compensation. Even if you are promoted, there is a cap on what is offered, even if your comp is below market. The only way to get a respectable increase is to leave and come back to the company after a time away. The Operations teams are treated like 2nd class citizens. The business will report record earnings but the bonus pools for the Ops teams will be flat year over year.

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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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