JPMorgan Chase

Very stable work. I haven't personally met anyone getting fired or laid off if you do decent work. You can often just log in at 8 or 9 and clock out at 5, and there are often not crazy expectations to learn the "next big thing" in terms of tech, etc.

If you're looking to work at a large company and advance up the ladder, this seems like a decent opportunity. There are often opportunities to step up and assume more responsibility (learn and advance your career) if you're competent and want to spend the extra time investing in it.

Some of the tech is good. You can work on React/Typescript stuff as well as some Python backend work.

• Forcing RTO 3 days a week with a potential push for more. I personally like hybrid, about 2 days a week, so the push for more is not great to me.

• I don't like that they are tracking this stuff. Seems like something that should be up to individual teams.

• A bit older tech depending on what you are working on.

• Some teams have a culture of not great work-life balance (manager/team dependent).

• Pay could be much more competitive.

• The tech talent is "okay" in general. Some people are good programmers, others are just okay. Could be good or bad depending on what you are looking for. If you want something easy-going and without crazy expectations, this might be more of a pro, but sometimes prod code is constantly breaking.

• Since it is a large international bank, there are some regulations and extra security/scrutiny over our individual work.

Don't push for more RTO for software engineers.

A lot of meetings, etc., are on Zoom anyways, so the benefits are often not even there.

Also, I like the push for more tech-based career paths instead of just managerial roles to advance.

And increase pay if you want to bring in the best talent and be more competitive.