Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2015-02-04
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

JP Morgan Technology -- The Experience Depends on your Role
Pros: I am a business/systems analyst, and work in the Consumer & Community Bank ("CCB").  Technology has many functional organizations in different silos at JP Morgan, so this description might not be applicable elsewhere in the firm.  I honestly cannot provide universal reasons for why I like working in this community, but I do.  Every day is different -- entails a new challenge.  The organization is victim of the same politicking that is entrenched in any massive organization; but if you perform well and take necessary steps toward visibility, you can be noticed and, more importantly, rewarded.  Mobility is real -- upward and horizontally.  Compensation is fair -- in my experience, people earn what they deserve.  Management makes itself available, both professionally and personally.  The health benefits suit me very well -- although I do not require extraordinary medical or dental care, so enrolled accordingly in a plan that requires a low premium.
Cons: Project administration -- the matrix environment -- is unnecessarily rigid and excessive.  It creates more work for the business stakeholders and analysts and adds time to projects that could be executed more quickly to the same degree of success.  This condition does not, however, prevent management's assigning unreasonable deadlines to projects, which would be difficult to meet even in a more agile environment.  The administration also comprises participants who do not have adequate subject matter expertise for the roles they are assigned.  This comment is not being directed to the participants themselves, but to the structure, which sets up these participants for failure or unpleasant project experiences.  Reorganizations occur frequently, which disrupts continuity and slows business initiatives.