JPMorgan Chase Reviews

Pros

Bank hours. Decent pay. Great opportunity for advancement for those who want to take advantage. Good work/life balance

Cons

Calling customers about promotions is my biggest hang up. Becomes a bit like telemarketing. Not to keen on that.

Pros

1. You get required softwares, hardwares without much explainations.
2. Vacation Leave Policy is good.
3. More no of sick leaves compared to other organizations.
4. Get good bonus if your work is satisfactory.

Cons

1. Some processes are very rigid and things move slowly.
2. Lot of restrictions from security point of view.

Advice to Senior Management

Sometimes it feels that offshore employees are taken for granted.

Pros

Great pay
Great benefits
Good hours
Positive learning experience
Managers cross train
Always room for growth

Cons

Really high sales expectations
Sometimes managers are unfair with days off
Very strict with policies behind teller lines
Can be stressfult

Advice to Senior Management

Tellers have personal lives as well with kids and people they take care off so having such strict policies about cell phones is really inconvenient.

Pros

Work life balance, compensation and clear policies towards employees.

Cons

Senior Management lacks depth locally.

Advice to Senior Management

Get upto the standards of your global counterparts!

Pros

Great opportunities for career advancement. Extensive resources available for professional development. Culture is very inclusive and welcoming, though still competitive.

Cons

A very large organisation means that it can be difficult to see the direct result of the work that you do. Very structured and laboured approach to risk.

Advice to Senior Management

Management is outstanding. Workflow could be improved by streamlining the way in which approval is given for risk taking activities.

Pros

Commision is better than other banks
Name recognition

Cons

Upper management forces you to use canned sales tactics on customers. Too robotic, not personal.

Advice to Senior Management

Let your managers, bankers and tellers be real people, instead of forcing canned answers. And for the love of God, stop working the lobby.

Pros

- Unparalled training program
- Top tier investment bank/sales and trading
- History that makes the place feel special
- You're one of the big boys here - prestigious plays to work

Cons

- Upward mobility can be very political (but where is that not the case?)
- Bank owned investment bank has it's trade-offs
- Always worried about lay-offs
- More and more compensation is deferred

Advice to Senior Management

- Focus on diversity
- Be candid with middle-management and encourage transparency to the rest of us
- Encourage internal promotions (rather than hire new department head who simply brings in new team every few years)

Pros

Work hard and the opportunity for advancement is great.
LOVE MY MANAGER
Great benefits
Lots of support
Great employees

Cons

Wages are a bit low.

Advice to Senior Management

hold people accountable for their performance

Pros

stable and prestigious company to work for. Great room for advancement. Great benefits. Many locations across different states. Depending on your views of education- not necessary for moving up in the company.Unfortunate but true.

Cons

If on the retail level, lots of pressure around sales goals and making "PVC's" You will grow to hate the word 'PVC's". No focus on education advancement. Low quality managers, many without a college education and not quite polished.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire better managers with at least a bachelors degree. Focus on running a more quality business and stop nickle and dimming employees on incentives. Pay bankers a higher base so they can focus on better servicing customers and not on makings PVC's but rather doing what is right for the customer.

Pros

Good salary in gratifying field. There is also area for future advancement at the company and excellant connections for future jobs

Cons

Well you must stay at the office for really long periods of time such as pulling 2 all nighters at the office

Advice to Senior Management

you should not change much since the long hours is expected with the job but a couple of vacation days would be nice