Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2013-09-22
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

Hard to give a positive review of this company
Pros: Efficient, Smart, knowledgeable people. 
Decent Pay
Great Work/Life Balance
Wearing a suit here feels good.  

There are opportunities here - if you can find them.  If you are intern, you will see them, otherwise - good luck.  Even the talent reassignment guy has a difficult time reassigning people
Cons: With that being said, efficient/smart/knowledgeable people are hard to learn from.  Training is antiquated.  There is no program in place for veterans to succeed.  Networking across the company is futile and a waste.  

Minimal mobility.  You literally have to network like you're from another company to move across the company.  
You feel stuck.  Well.. you do, so... if you like this great.
Constant Re-Org.  Makes you wonder if your next.  They are cutting employees with 15+ years and giving interns great opportunities....hmmmm...  I'll let you make the call here.
Within 3 months of joining the company, 120 employees were cut, and hiring was made in cheaper offices in both OH and FL.  A sign of the times.
Managers will be on you if you try to better yourself using their training resources.
No Tuition assistance.  
No Professional Association membership assistance.
No break area
No Gym
No Bike Racks
High Turnover rate
One Size Fits all
You feel like you are chained to your desk and can't leave
If you have an opinion, don't say anything.  
Glass Ceiling - yep.
Managers are not leaders...they are managers of the information.  They are good communicators, but not leaders. 
Managers are all running around with their heads cut off because they can't trust the people they have or have hired.  It's gross.  It's insane.  If you want insane, come here.  I've seen stress...they literally produce their own here.  
Constant poaching from other companies willing to pay you more money.  That's sorta nice, but also a downside.  

The Culture and Values do not trickle down.  Sorry, they really do not.  

With all this being said, the company really tries to be better and some of the managers are so nice and down to earth that it's a chilling contrast from the day to day.  

Midtown is ideal because you can see and meet many others.... which seems to help you socialize and mobilize across the company.