Waste Your Life Commuting to the Office to Hop on Zoom Calls You Could've Taken at Home - Software Engineer JPMorganChase Employee Review

3.0
Sep 18, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

My team at least had a friendly and knowledgeable group of people that were willing to help when able and share knowledge. Had good experiences interacting with another team regularly as well. Have a lot of training tools and options that you can utilize on your own time for free. Offer to cover the cost of AWS exams and provide resources to help you get certified.

Cons

Horrible open floor office space, with mandated return to office at least 3 times a week which is actively monitored. Instead of trusting employees to do their best work in the manner that suits them best, the higher ups want to micromanage. They force people to commute into Downtown Chicago to sit and hop on Zoom meetings which could've been done at home. Did not offer any salary increase or bonuses the entire time I worked there, including in the face of huge inflation, effectively leading to a pay-cut.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

Collaboration and care for customer is real.

Cons

No room for growth unless you’re on the top.

4.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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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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