Chaotic deterministic management - Senior Associate Software Engineer J.P. Morgan Employee Review

3.0
30 Nov 2020
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Pros

Highly skilled colleagues. Dozens of internal technological initiatives and workstreams. Payment above average (in a poor country...). Budget to invest in your work from home (too little, but better than nothing). Strict code of conduct set very high standards of partnership and respect in working environment.

Cons

NO work-life balance. Be prepared to work 10-15 hours a day. The company has lost itself on its own gigantism, many teams, unlimited stakeholders, unreachable people across the organization. Micromanagement everywhere. Lack of ownership makes teams try to push issues between one another in order to comply with their own unfeasible deadlines. Escalation as BAU - the need of escalating concerns and requests in order to get some work done. Daily.

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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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