Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2008-09-30
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Many diverse jobs for employees willing to train to get ahead
Pros: Many diverse opportunites, can get more training to move up to a better job in the company. If you work for the right manager, they have the option to allow you to work from home. There is almost an endless backlog of projects. This company seems to be pretty competitive with salary and benefits. Jamie Dimon is a very bright man. I'm worried about the recent acquisitions JP Morgan has made to buy the other failed companies. This will bring a huge amount of work to JP Morgan Chase in the form of conversions. I've worked on several conversion projects over the years.
Cons: they were using more and more offshore resources. Like many companies, there are a fair share of managers that seem to have been promoted to a level of incompetancy. This company will layoff employees because of shutting down various departments within the company. It has happened to me, but it often will provide an opportunity in a better department. Even though this company will offer stock options to employees, it appears that to get a stock option really depends often on how much your manager personally likes you. I received a couple stock options from a very fair manager I worked for, then even though I continued to be a dedicated hard working employee, my next manager just didn't seem to get it.