Quality of work or face time? - Associate J.P. Morgan Employee Review

3.0
Oct 20, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

1. Looks great on a resume. 2. Co-workers are very knowledgeable and hard-working. 3. Learn alot quickly. 4. Decent salary and bonus. 5. Plenty of vacation and sick time. 6. Health and vision insurance are very good.

Cons

1. Work/life balance? Ha! 2. When you factor in total hours worked, pay per hour is probably below average. 3. Face time is an unwritten rule. Appears to be weighted equally to quality of work. 4. Overwhelming number of emails, many of which are repetitive. 5. Conference calls, conference calls, and more conference calls. 6. Not knowing what the rules of the game are; constantly-changing expectations are not disclosed until after the fact. 7. Extreme micromanagement from upper leves, not immediate manager.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1. One of the best banks, heavy on tech and AI, that makes my life simple 2. Bonus is consistent every year 3. The company is highly social and multicultural. 4. A lot of training program to upskill and develop.

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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