Not so great - Software Engineer JPMorganChase Employee Review

2.0
Sep 1, 2015
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Pros

Well, it was once a great company to work for. I guess its only current savings grace is there are still a few very select jobs that pay well. But, you'll have zero life if you work in one of those jobs.

Cons

Benefits are total crap. There is the only once a year 401K matching - that you don't get if you leave the company any time during the year. The health insurance, which covers less and costs more every year I've worked there. Of the few times I've had a vacation, only once was I not required to work during it. Overhead is totally killing productivity. For example: it should not take $10K work of paperwork, meetings and approvals - simply to add $50 bucks worth of hard drive space to a server. There is also the fact that, even though there are numerous Americans in the local job market, whom can't find a job; I can't help noticing that nearly 70% of the staff in my building are Green Card holders. What's up with that?!

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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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