JPMorgan Chase Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Pros

nice people, good technology, name value

Cons

corporate diplomacy, poor benefit, unfair treatment

Advice to Senior Management

more recognition, competitative pay for good performance

Pros

Great Management if you are a team player they care

Cons

Some people dont care especially if they are on salary ex underwriters

Pros

opportunity to switch from one deprtment to the other.

Cons

if u have a low payng job that requires no education u r going nowhere whether u r with chase or the vatican.

Advice to Senior Management

keep up the good work for ur own benefit.

Pros

Top of house management
Investment in technology
Smart people
Internal migration opportunities (if you network)
Name brand (if you care)

Cons

Very political
Redundant layers of poor middle management
Constant re-orgs
Hard work alone not rewarded
Pay less by own admission

Advice to Senior Management

Smart individuals don't necessarily have people skills; stop making managing people a requirement for promotion

Pros

Lots to learn in his international behemoth.

Cons

So many employees, individual talent is diluted.

Pros

401k matching, pension, high exposure. Lots of employee discounts. A lot of vacation time. Plenty of technology to work from home.

Cons

High turnover/ layoffs but probably not as high as others lately. Bad reputation. Makes mistakes as a firm. Could use better consistency in flexible work arrangements.

Advice to Senior Management

Better align systems/ admin/ management functions /policies and procedures across the different lines of business. Be more responsible as a firm with policies that make sense but avoid red tape.

Pros

The training program for analysts at least is quite structured. The bank does a good job at fostering mobility.

Cons

The work environment at least in my division was too political for my taste. Hours were long and I felt that compensation at a junior level was not competitive given hours worked.

Pros

big company with opportunities, innovative, favor of mobility, supports work from home policy , training on the job, onsite educational courses

Cons

bureaucratic red tape to get things done, difficult to retain top talent, salary differences between areas of the bank

Advice to Senior Management

be competitive in financial community , retain top talent, offer competitive salaries,

Pros

JP is a very structured and large organization. You can enjoy by being a small fish in the big pond

Cons

lots of meetings
too many groups working in silo
too many re-organizations and changes
competitive inter ranking process makes teamwork near impossible

Advice to Senior Management

consistency in strategy and communicate across
need fairness in promotion
there is no need to have meetings all the time

Pros

Good pay/benefits, great brand name on resume if your from a smaller school (not an Ivy).

Cons

Legacy systems, old culture, needs revamped

Advice to Senior Management

Less micro-managing