Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2009-03-16
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Solid company with poor management.
Pros: One of the best reasons to work for Washington Mutual was the great pay; I never knew it before but we were paid a lot better than other big companies in Seattle.  I've been told by many recruiters that I can't expect to make as much as I did before... very sad news. Another great thing about Washington Mutual would be the training (Opex, PMO, QV, etc) there are lots of great classes to develop your project management skills if you are interested in them. Lastly, I worked with really, really fun co-workers. They worked hard (some could've worked a bit harder..) but they were all very kind people that I enjoyed being around.
Cons: The company is gone now and if you wanted to stay on, it would have to be with Chase. I've been with the company for about 4 years and I definitely noticed lots of changes during those 4 years. There were major management changes in my group and although we all tried our best to change as the company began to face difficult situations, it was too little too late. The old project restart was a joke and what came after it was even a bigger joke. The company could've done more to prevent a government takeover but people were too worried about keeping their 'pork' and did not do what was best for the company.