Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2014-12-18
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Regulated, rigid and regimented culture.
Pros: There is potential to make really good money if you have strong relationship building skills and don't mind cold-calling. Nice retirement package and stock option discounts. Other useful employee perks for banking products as well. Location is very important with the way the pay plan is set up.
Cons: Management hierarchy is set up in a way that is uncomfortable for everyone involved. The culture is a very rigid system built upon behaviors and micromanagement of those behaviors. The micromanagement starts from the top down and any deviation from the standard sales behaviors is frowned upon, even if it's working. Not a place where innovative thinking is encouraged. Pay plan policy is set up in a way that benefits the company instead of the employee. Like I mentioned before, you can definitely make a lot of money, but sometimes you have to argue your case to get paid on a commission.