Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2015-05-31
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Project Manager
Pros: Performance-driven culture does not punish those that provide consistent value as expected. You can get a lot of practice learning to articulate such value.

Diversity and teamwork are a respected value in most of the orgs, so that's cool. Awesome development resources for those that invest the time in their development plan. 

And misfits get handled promptly as "problems don't transfer" even during re-orgs. Individuals are given real options to stand up for themselves. 

Leadership has well-defined escalations paths. There is growing undercurrent of leaders focus on "what matters most" to find the "way forward"
Cons: If you don't have an MBA going to work here, I'd suggest getting a couple good management book or make good friends fast.

Mistakes with impact outside your department get magnified. Culture is unforgiving. "Adapt or die" is unspoken mantra. Lots of burnout for those that cannot self-regulate well.

People waste a lot of time navigating power channels to make improvements, and the number of "informing" networks is simply nauseating.

Still more work to do from incomplete merger integrations. "Making your boss look good" and "trust issues" are concentrated in some lines of business.