Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2015-04-05
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

J.P. Morgan trains the best, retains the rest
Pros: I've met some of the best and brightest people working here unfortunately most have quit out of frustration.  On the plus side though  if you are lucky enough to get into a good department with decent managers you will learn a lot and very quickly or you will learn very quickly what it is you don't want to do.  Mobility is greatly encouraged and there are many international opportunities it's not uncommon to work on teams that are majority expats.
Cons: No work life balance.  Pay is below average.  In order to advance or get a decent pay raise you need to leave the firm and then come back (told this by multiple managers)  Many middle managers are in the wrong positions and not properly trained or admittedly not interested in managing but due to the promotion process are forced into it.  This has a trickle down adverse affect on teams.  Morale is the worst here of anyplace i've worked.