Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2015-07-31
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Working for The Man
Pros: The job was stable, you knew what was expected of you from day to day.  The work load was reasonable, and could usually be completed in a 40 hour week.   Once assigned a project, you were generally left to manage it on your own
Cons: Worked on older technology, generally 2-3 generations behind.  Constantly bombarded by email about people and departments that you never interacted with.  Constant meetings that served little value.  Strict and often conflicting standards and policies imposed by various departments.  Very little chance for advancement as an individual contributor.  Training was not generally provided, and would sometimes need to research new technologies on own time