Great if you have friends in high places - Anonymous employee J.P. Morgan Employee Review

1.0
25 Aug 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The money can be great. Overtime too, if you are part of the "chosen ones". Good meals in the cantine. The initial integration was really good, help for relocating, help to find accommodation, culture workshops.

Cons

It soon becomes apparent that if you are not French, or french speaking, then you are not part of the inner cirlce. Staff behave as if there are no rules for treating others with respect, so they don't bother. Most were just devious and furtive with their behaviour. Passive agressive behaviour was the norm. It was also normal for the French to talk and laugh about me whilst standing/sitting in close range. The end for me came when so called colleagues (including management) tried to frame me for various things. It was really only thanks to one helpful union representative that I was able to stop this. (Another French union representative would never agree to meet or discuss anything with me, he was just too busy). I took redundancy, and, I consider myself very, very lucky to have got out of this place.

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Cons

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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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