Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2015-05-10
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Senior Associate in Technology
Pros: Interesting technology is used for the build group I am part of. This includes java, ext-js, caching technology, webservices, etc.
Cons: I enjoyed working here in the beginning but politics is getting worse every year. What is valued is who you know and how well you talk. Managing skills were valued more instead of technical skills and the work model is programming work is all done offshore (India). You are more valued if you can talk big and push work to your offshore team. I wanted to be a programmer but was pushed towards the management side of things (considered as build lead) and am losing my technical skills as a result. Managing work is looked upon highly but only if you are allowed to work on visible projects. Technical skills are required as well but who has time when you are constantly working on other things and not on actual code? If you want high pay do not stay if you joined straight out of college. The only way to get more is by jumping around firms. This company does not value loyalty.