Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2017-02-11
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Early responsibility and opportunity get ahead quickly but inefficient and toxic culture
Pros: - Unprecedented level of early responsibility: had my own book after 3 months and was co-managing a large one after just 6
- ability to travel to other global offices on trips where everything is paid for. For me that was Sao Paolo and London
- generally very intelligent & competent people
- highly competitive environment
- great pay and benefits
Cons: - all of the inefficiencies of a large company with the added restriction of heavy regulation. - the software is outdated and clunky
- all of my ideas for operational improvements were very quickly dismissed on the basis that a) there was no time to do it, or b) it simply wasn't necessary
- there are a few people at the bank who have your best interest and will go to bat for you. Everyone else will step on you if it lets them get ahead. Can be almost a toxic environment at times