Dysfunctional extremely large corporation - Senior Software Engineer JPMorganChase Employee Review

1.0
26 Nov 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Perceived as a good stable company. Top management has a good reputation in the media and Wall Street.

Cons

Dysfunctional culture if there is any culture. No respect for lower levels. Managers constantly send emails demanding frivolous updates even during Thanksgiving evening for example. This is normal for all days across the company. Very stringent class system. Employees cannot question a manager, especially if they have titles like Executive Director let alone Managing Director. Extremely rigid hierarchy of authoritarian culture.

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5.0
16 June 2026
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Pros

Collaboration and care for customer is real.

Cons

No room for growth unless you’re on the top.

4.0
21 June 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

They treat people well overall. It's all about connecting to others to get anything done, so if you're great with networking and maintaining connections it's a good place to work. Honestly the kindest layoff I've ever experienced, including genuine internal support to find another job. Still doing meaningful DOI work, including some of the best friendly benefits out there.

Cons

If you don't have a highly specialized cyber security skill set or work at a main campus in Texas, Ohio, Delaware, New York or New Jersey don't expect to ever move up the ladder. Staying focused on goals OR successfully communicating strategy pivots seems to be beyond most MDs in Global Technology. They seem to be having a re-org problem at the moment. I had 5 managers in the last 365 days I was there, hardly time to get any work done and then challenged at the end to show impact or delivery, all you can do is shrug and say 'tell me how, when you moved me every 2 months?"

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