Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2015-04-24
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Absolutely horrible company
Pros: - Some really great colleagues who are actually there to achieve goals with you
- good place to while away the time without achieving anything 
- firm still has a good reputation to those not in the know so being able to put it on your CV still helps.
Cons: - very top heavy. My unit of around 60 people only had 2 people who were AVP's. The rest were all MD, ED & VP. Most MD & ED just presented work done by the VP's and AVP's. You will find the same piece of work 'presented' over and over again as though it was done by 20 people! For me as a VP I was working really hard but getting no recognition.
- MD's keep telling me they are here just to feed their families, not to do real work. It's hard to feel a sense of belonging unless it's your career ambition to do nothing at work!
- very political at the top. Definitely being bright and working hard is not the way to the top. Hard to find people you can respect at senior levels.
- extremely bureaucratic. Be prepared to argue against the status quo and the old ways of doing things. Even simple decisions take years and there's a lot of procrastination at the senior levels to move things forward.