Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2015-11-11
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Great Benefits and Culture, Slow Growth & Politics
Pros: JPMC has one of the most complete healthcare packages in our country, as well as a generous health benefits for your loved ones. Also, as long as you do your job well, you get to receive incentives as rewards. The people are great! I got along well with my last team, and they were very open to all kinds of culture. I am not from this part of the country, but they managed to be open and not act upon prejudices of our province. There are also various inclusion-related activities that are open to the employees that foster camaraderie and acceptance.
Cons: Career growth is VERY slow unless you are in cahoots with your upper management. Not sure if this is only for JPMC in our country, but even the most proactive and efficient team member won't get promoted due to politics. The supervisor/manager would oftentimes recommend someone they LIKE. In fact, we were told to be friendly with the manager so that they would remember us during deliberations. Also, the schedule is a deal breaker. They do give higher night-differential than what is required by law, but the graveyard shift will take a toll on your body. Due to the fast employee turnover (on our department at least), there is bound to be overtime to even the newbies. Work-Life balance is practically nonexistent unless you are already a Manager (who usually have flexible shifts).