Pros

Can't think of any good reason to work for this company. Maybe you will have better luck and a better branch manager.

Cons

Completely micro-managed, hated going to work everyday, felt like I couldn't ask questions because the branch manager wasn't competent enough to know what I was asking.

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure your managers are more competent than the people who work under them.

Pros

tools are available to allow you to take care of customer needs. comopany constantly, and aggressively seeking to expand into new markets.

Cons

the priority is profit over customer satisfaction, give the customer whats profitable over what they need, also the company cannibalizes it's sales/retail sales force, regularly adjusting commission structure and creating a hostile air of competition for commision by overloading branches with bankers to pressure customers into additional services with the intensity of a New Car Salesman.

Advice to Senior Management

look at the way management focused on employee satisfaction prior to Bank One, Chase merger, and, look to create excitement again in the company.

Pros

Pay
training
The name...the brand is exclusive

Cons

Horrible female managers that are petty and acnnot put personal feeling asides from business

Advice to Senior Management

Let it go, just because I am not fond of you does not mean that you can jack up my review.

Pros

the options you receive and the experience you get is well worth it for those who want to begin a career in finance.

Cons

Sometimes going to school and working at the same time will make it difficult for a person, but most managers are ok about going to school.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work, and if you see someone capable of doing a job, the opportunity should be given.

Pros

Working hours are good.
The majority of other IT staff are good people

Cons

Management style very aggressive. Very little appreciation given to a good job. Lots of stress, and last minute deadlines.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your staff as human beings.

Pros

job security, plenty of work, looks great on a resume

Cons

need an mba to get anywhere to even start in a decent job, salary for college degree is minimal at best, takes 7 years of hard work to get even an entry level manager position.

Advice to Senior Management

higher salary for college grads

Pros

Training, Senior Mgmt and Mobility within the firm

Cons

Not every divisionin the firm compensates you based on your ability and work, some division are extremely political!

Advice to Senior Management

Management Needs to assess who are the strong leaders and and who are not. I work for the company for 2 years and was marked exceeds in my reviews yet new analyst who started 2 years after I did made the equivalent salary.

Pros

Employee Engagement, Networking, Break the walls down attitude, Cross-training and Mobility, Training, working with the best of the best, advance technologies

Cons

Enormous Company that can be easy to get lost in a dark corner if your manager lacks leadership skills. IF you get stuck with a bad manager, everyone around them notices very quickly, so it won't last!

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the momentum. The regression has forced us to cut corners and eliminate unnecessary tasks. Once we start rolling in some money again, I think we should continue spending like we're broke. The atmosphere is much more innovative!

Pros

Stable company; average to better benefits; bank holidays

Cons

I should first off point out that I am a former WaMu employee and, yes, I am scheduled to be laid off, and the JPMC takeover brought unprecedented changes to our work environment. That being said, I've seen enough to have a very good idea of how JPMC operates. I am so very glad that my function was not needed and a job not offered...I'd hate to have to choose between working here or looking for a job I can love (or at least like) in the current job market. It is basically a top-down organization and what you hear from above is what you will do, no matter what. No one listens to reason or tempers expectations based on realities. So...if you like to be told exactly what to do and by when it must be done and don't bother suggesting anything different thank you very much, work here. If you are goal oriented and appreciate flexibility in how you meet job expectations, if you like opportunity for personal development and growth, if you want to feel like the company cares about YOU, then don't work here.

Advice to Senior Management

While it is probably difficult in a company of this size, you must find a way to overcome the bureaucracies and silos that impede your ability to efficiently meet company objectives. Empower your corporate underlings instead of treating them as incapable of independent thought.

Pros

-Strong, admirable company to work for.
-Competant management team.
-Great time off benefits (4 weeks of vacation for all salaried employees)

Cons

-Conservative with promotions.
-Compensation (salary) is on the low end of the bell curve.

Advice to Senior Management

-Be more competitive with wages.