JPMorganChase reviews

As a designer, I'm used to a more laid-back feel where dress code is concerned. However, this is a bank, and perception is always important. There are plenty of folks wearing jeans and polos in lower-level roles, but if your job falls a little further up the org chart, you'll do well to trade up for collared shirts, slacks, and smart shoes. T-shirts and shorts are right out. Fridays are definitely more casual, so save the jeans for the end of the week. Don't expect swanky offices, the newest hardware, myriad fringe benefits, or subsidized snacks. Jamie Dimon's philosophy for this company is to do more with less. Your computer might be a couple of years old when you start. The cafeterias are kind of expensive compared to other companies. Contractors sometimes have to pay to attend division functions. They may seem downright cheap at times, but here we stand, doing well enough (in a very rough economy) to acquire other highly-regarded firms. How can you argue with that? IT policies are also kind of annoying. It's a bank, so security is paramount. They don't limit Internet usage to a list of approved sites, but they do block a whole bunch of them. Don't expect to be checking your personal email, webmail, or social networking (LinkedIn is permitted) while at work... those ports and sites are locked out. The hypocrisy can be a bit annoying, though: they'll force certain software to be uninstalled, lock out flash drive use, or remove admin privileges en masse for "security reasons", and yet the company's standard web browser is (a fairly old version of) Internet Explorer. Nice. When you're one big exploit away from doom, who cares if you're using iTunes?

The only down side is that you have to work anyway for a living. Although you would probably be bored of that after a while. The only other down side would be that you don't already have a job there.