Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2008-12-11
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Great firm to work for overall, though there are definitely some management issues in the investment bank.
Pros: Large firm with many opportunities for internal growth and career changes. Top-notch investment banking 10-week training program- probably the best of the Street (or at least, what's left of it). Training program provides good introduction to different groups of the firm, so if you establish your contacts well, they will come in handy if you are considering an internal job switch at some point down the road. Good benefits and mostly pleasant colleagues.
Cons: While every experience is personal and it is both difficult and unfair to make generalisations for a firm as large as JPMorgan, my personal experience with supervisors has not been too great. Management of the investment bank, in particular, must put their VP's and MD's through some kind of better leadership or management training, especially with respect to how deal with Gen Y. I have seen too many boss-employee relationships in the IB go sour. Agreed, that is to a large part because of the stress of the job, but it is also because of personality clashes and not enough quality leadership on the part of VPs and MDs in terms how to extract long hours and good quality work from employees without disrespecting their time.