Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2008-12-01
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Washington Mutual failure a huge miss for employees
Pros: Flexible, good salary, close to home.  I felt like I was in the middle of solving real problems, and also helping drive strategy for the next couple of years.  I worked in the technical area and had a real good relationship with the business owners.  We completed lots of projects and were well on our way to bringing Wamu systems up to date with other competitor's systems.  
I liked being able to take the bus to work, and was able to come and go as I wanted for the most part.  I could work from home when I needed to.
Cons: Upper management is not good at communicating changes.  Secretive, so I didn't know what was coming or how to compete for the next job.  When the changes came down from Chase, I was not told anything until I was released.  I wanted to at least have the opportunity to apply for a job or talk to someone from Chase, but there was no one there.
My manager didn't have a clue, even before the buyout, of what was happening in the company.  I didn't feel like she was fighting for me...just totally by the book, even when it made no sense at all.