Terrible work place - Senior Software Engineer J.P. Morgan Employee Review

1.0
Jul 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

+ Up to date with the latest tech trends + Great health insurance

Cons

- Awful politics: it doesn't matter that you know your stuff and work hard if you don't kiss the right bum. I've lost count of the amount of smart hard-working people I've seen that were let go of instead of the useless ones that just talk a lot and are best buds with the management. - Stingy and greedy: free food/snacks? No. Newly open gym inside the building? Pay loads for it. Free coffee? Sure but the machine is so bad, it will genuinely give you diarrhoea. As for salaries? At the bottom of this industry. The bonuses are such a joke. Meanwhile we get quarterly emails about how the company has had the best profits ever. - RTO? Yes, 5 days/week... but still not enough desks so you literally have to fight for it (I've seen people shout at each other for desks) - AI: the push for it is crazy. If you don't use it as much as they want, you'll be reprimanded. They track absolutely everything. And honestly, there are some tasks you could quickly do without AI. But they don't want that: they'd rather you waste hours/days, as long as you use AI and don't do it yourself.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

Good environment culture and people. Nothing to complain

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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