Executive Assistant - Investment Banking - Executive Administrative Assistant JPMorganChase Employee Review

3.0
23 Mar 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great Bankers, Great Company, Great CEO and reputation

Cons

Horrible Managers. I have been an executive assistant in Finance/Investment Banking for 15+ years (Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, etc). The IB division at JP Morgan (383 Madison) is by far the worst I've ever experienced Management is horrible. Nothing but arrogant, confrontational managers that are worried about keeping their job that they forget to do their jobs. They're priorities are to make their mark on a department by turning processes upside down just to show they're in charge. - Extremely micromanaged. You get written up for everything - talking too loud, signed in 15 mins early, signed out 15 mins late. All the years working, i have never experienced this or being treated like a child. - Mgmt wants you to work very robotically - A lot of Cattiness and Mean girl behavior (assistant curse and fight with one another. its appalling) - Unprofessional behavior I can go on and on but I wont. The bottom line is JPM - IB Executive Assistant role is a very demoralizing environment. I don't think the employees are appreciated enough for their work. The employee morale is low. Stay away from Investment Banking division

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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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