Overworked, undervalued, politics, way too much red tape - Senior Tech Recruiter J.P. Morgan Employee Review

1.0
Nov 17, 2020
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Pros

Looks good on a resume

Cons

The red tape is really mind blowing, and in my opinion and experience - the more you are there, the more your job becomes administrative and away from your core job function. I used to be a top tech recruiter, but now me and most of my colleagues are basically glorified data administrators in my immediate experience over several years here, Nd what I’ve seen with others Leadership is out of touch, outdated, and way too interested in data for the appearance of having data vs. actually performing a job or using that data to action things or influence change with the business, in my opinion Pay is not as competitive as they make it seem, both to internal employees and external candidates. The brand name is heavily used to sell the opportunity If you are in tech recruiting, be prepared to work 50-70 hours a week, if you work in the US... Very micromanaged Diversity and inclusion programs are heavy in appearance, but the business is not held accountable in my experience Strong performance is seemingly not rewarded beyond being told to be happy you have the job, based on my experience and my coworkers in 2020 going into 2021, similar with 2019, 2018 and previous years too

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Cons

1. A lot of administrative items to take care of, a significant portion is spent on meetings, meetings are called to establish an agenda for next meetings, and so on. 2. Layoffs, all year round- sometimes significant, while in the middle of delivery. If your manager is off-site/ another city/country, you are more likely to be impacted. 3. Departments may have skewed gender or racial ratios. It is best to stay away to avoid discrimination (to be fair, this has less to do with culture and more to do with who the head of the department is).

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