JPMorgan Chase

Good interaction and opportunity to work closely and engage with business and stakeholders.

Good facilities.

Talented workforce all round.

Great culture and environment to work and learn.

Such a big company, with a lot of inefficiencies and redundant work being done, and teams not working in sync. Tech management seems a bit disengaged with the business.

There was a push for agile development and sprint planning, which was prioritized over business deliverables at times and ultimately wasted a lot of time. We had scrum masters who didn't have any oversight of the actual projects. Too many calls and meetings which don't add any value.

For such a big company, HR was either incompetent or just unresponsive during the offboarding process.

Instead of creating a team to manage dashboards around task tracking and sprint planning, provide training and develop tools for pre-existing management to get meaningful insights. Find a way for tech teams to better collaborate across the firm. Have more designated teams for infrastructure and software. Multiple app teams reinventing the wheel isn't an efficient way to get things done and is harder to maintain in the long run.