Good company to work for, but ultra forced return to the office - Software Engineer JPMorganChase Employee Review

2.0
May 12, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-Good work life balance. Some teams are overseas, so you don't have to deal with putting out fires at night. -Company pushes for diversity and inclusion, and is hiring from many different sources. -Good PTO and decent benefits, although I wish their health insurance was better.

Cons

-The way the company is handling RTTO (Return to the office) is ridiculous. Upper management has set up a tool to track how many times you come in the office, if you don't comply your name will end up in a report and be sent to HR. The company should spend their time and money doing something else, more innovative, rather than spending so much time and effort to create a tracking tool to force people back in the office. They should give employees more flexibility on when they will come to the office, and when they will work remote. To be forced to come to the office for "collaboration" is not justifiable, when all you do is come to the office just to sit on a Zoom call with the people sitting next to you, or in a different geographical location. -Attrition is very high due to forced RTTO. -Company 401K match not given for first year, and once eligible only given at the end of the year.

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5.0
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Pros

Complete benefit package, great culture

Cons

Career mobility is limited to someone leaving or retiring.

3.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work and life balance. People are typically friendly.

Cons

RTO was reinstated with bad communication (we found out through the news) and you will be forced to commute even if your team is not co-located with you. Coworkers of mine who were hired as remote were made to in-office, forcing them to move their entire family. You will still have to pay for parking / food at their cafeterias. Compensation will be lesser than if you joined a tech-firm doing the same work. Advancing your career will require you to 'jump ship' in-between different financial companies. It is very hard to advance normally. AI adoption is a must (which makes sense for MY job) but it's to the point where our annual performance is based on how much AI we use.

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