Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2011-03-15
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Mostly great people at lower levels, but as you move up the organization, politics and self-importance start to dominate
Pros: The people in our dept had all worked together for years and mostly we considered each other friends. 

The pay was good and the vacation (4 weeks + sick time!) was excellent (not sure if this is true any more).

Some opportunity to learn new technology.

Decent internal communication about industry events, internal policy, but not really supported by *my* line management.
Cons: Continuing pressure to do more with less at some point leads to completely unrealistic situations. 

World-wide organization with 100,000+ employees just too big.

Death-march projects. Everyone I knew (near the end, before our dept was moved to another state), had the *opportunity* to work 80 hr weeks for months on end, including a few 24 hr days on the weekends. Is that management?