Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2008-12-14
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

WaMu WAS a great place to work.
Pros: WaMu had a lot of great talent.  The company paid well for performance and did not give raises and bonuses to poor performers.  Achievements were publicly recognized, which is good, but too often those achievements were made possible by ignoring all policies and going full speed ahead.  The company should strive to recognize those that achieve great things while still following processes and policies.
Cons: The biggest downside is the company failure.  When WaMu was a going concern there was not enough accountability for poor performance.  Employees who did not perform well were never fired and were allowed to drift along.

Another downside was the lack of good training.  There were many online course offered but many things cannot be taught effectively in an online course.