Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2009-01-26
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Chase is a good place to work
Pros: Chase hires very talented and dedicated people. There is a high level strategic and innovative thinking. This is balanced by operational teams focused on executing projects. The managers care about their direct reports and it is relatively easy to develop friendships with other employees. Most senior managers a willing to mentor junior employees and there several employee support groups.
Cons: Chase is a large company and at times it is very bureaucratic. It's focus for the past few years has been on efficiency and reducing costs. As a result, the processes to prioritize initiatives. It is difficult to prototype or pilot concepts because manual processes are view unfavorably and IT systems are designed to handle the smallest of corner use cases.