Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2014-10-03
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Typical Megabank
Pros: Decent benefit package (health, 401K, 20 days vacation, 10 holidays).
Free coffee/tea in breakroom.
Generally competent and friendly team members.
Large enough so that it can weather economic ups and downs.
Actively working towards a more diverse and accepting workplace.
Tolerant of flexible work in many business units.
Cons: Benefits getting very expensive.
Many layers of senior management.
Business units sometimes seem to be competing against each other rather than cooperating.
Culture varies a lot between lines of business.
Multiple legacy systems to deal with.
Many support functions are outsourced/offshored.