Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2015-01-13
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Good experience as a contractor
Pros: Worked with a great bunch of people, good support from the management team, especially direct managers.  Flexible in allowing work-from-home when needed due to sick children or repairs at home.  Hourly rate was "good", within average for this type of contract position.
Cons: Lack of documentation to help someone new understand department functions, roles and responsibilities.  A lot of red tape to cut through in order to get the resources to do job, which affected ability to meet project deadlines.  My role was outside of 'norm" for the department I worked for and they had little knowledge on how to help me obtain the resources, technology and information needed to do the job.  Lastly, staff levels were so lean, the people assigned to assist me with the project were frequently pulled and unavailable 75% of the time.  

Originally accepted job  because was told it would become permanent (turned down 2 other offers).  I did receive employment offer, but before it could get through all the red tape and final signatures, a hiring freeze was put in place.  They were unable to convert me to an employee nor could they obtain the approval to extend the contract.  On the plus side, as soon as my managers heard rumors of the hiring freeze, they were transparent and let me know what the outcome might be.  My managers did not intentionally mislead me, the circumstances were unforeseen.  Contractors be aware...until the ink is dry...