Company: J-P-Morgan
Date: 2021-05-06
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

Great Teams - Challenging But Doable
Pros: (NOTE: I last worked here in 2009, but I could not select that in the dropdown.) Since the company was large and well-resourced, we rarely had budgeting issues on projects. Although teamwork, collaboration, communication, negotiation and diplomacy is required to get the maximum from your cross-functional team, generally, we always had enough people on our project teams to do the work. Most everyone was reasonable and good to work with. You must be a great problem-solver, be able to hunt down solutions across multiple business areas and be able to deal with lots of personalities, but this is simply required of all project managers.
Cons: There are often long hours and late or early morning hours due to international teams balancing time zone constraints. Balancing this job as well as young children would be challenging but doable if you are highly organized, prioritize well and commit to a fit and healthy lifestyle so that you can work as fast as you can in order to leave each day with enough time to handle your "second job" at home.