Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2018-01-20
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

It all depends on your team
Pros: AC bus facility for employee transport 
Free Sodexo meal card (as applicable)
Amazing infrastructure (including tech)
- this is one area where even some big companies falter but JP has it pat down - video phones on all desks, laptops + desktops and docking stations, teleconferencing bridge numbers for all managers, etc)
Employee engagement programs (Family day, year-end parties, events, etc)
Cash bonus 
No time tracking 
(Comparatively) good food but fewer options
Good employee medical insurance plans (self, family, parents)
20 vacation days + 12 sick leaves
Employee appreciation (RnR) but that apparently doesn’t get considered in the year-end appraisal
Cons: Company-specific:
No work from home option.
Cash bonus which ought to be performance based, is based on everything else apart from that. 
Way too many useless meetings. 
Loyalty to your VP/ED is more important than BAU - keep making them feel important 
Cab drop facility sucks. 
The seating infra doesn’t promote team culture; it’s kinda like call centres (everyone sitting in rows, instead of cubicles); makes collaboration difficult. 

The major reason for my bad experience is the team. I have seen colleagues from other teams who’ve been with JP for a long time (10+ years) and are satisfied. So it all depends on your luck. 
My (team-specific) list is as follows:
Bad colleagues who undermine you so that they look good in comparison
Management who only care about themselves and their image
Appraisals are based on the management’s perception rather than your work (sometimes of people who might’ve spoken to you maybe 2-3 times in the whole year)
Onshore management only care about getting their work done (even if you’re slogging in office for LONG hours)
Based on my above point - bad work life balance and frequent long hours: 12+)
Interview process is bogus. No technical interviews for tech positions (LOL). Anyone who the hiring manager likes can get in, with minimal to no skills.