Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2011-08-11
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Work life balance? What is that?
Pros: Great technology, prestigious company name to have on resume that will help you get another job, nice building, professional looking staff, team environment, organized, made good friends and connections. Perfect environment for a hungry, aggressive, just out of school Ivy Leaguer.
Cons: Overworked, miserable, underpaid employees. Fake, pretentious upper management that can care less about their employees on a personal level. Managers take credit for work done by their team, no "job well done!". bureaucracy, backstabbing and b*tt kissing is essential at getting ahead, not fair evaluation and raises are minimal with upper managers taking in good chunk of dept bonuses, no clarity or explanation - 'projects' just get thrown at you. people working in technology or branches are treated like 2nd class citizens compared to other areas of the bank. Having any kind of personal life outside of work is unheard of. No one cares if you have a sick kid or had trouble getting to work due public transit, its going to make you look bad and you will pay for it at compensation time.