JPMorgan Chase

Company culture was great! We had all sorts of programs to help ourselves professionally and spiritually, helping the communities around us while also benefiting the firm in business and reputation. Examples include many hackathons, organized volunteering days, free online training, in-person training events, and additional continuing education benefits. Things are gradually improving there, and you can see many employees have hope.

Some team managers see getting involved with firmwide projects as taking time from their efforts with their products and feel access to firmwide events should be a reward for their team's product successes. The technology used is a bit more legacy (by 10 years) than what most startups use. Pay is good coming in the door, but don't ever expect a raise unless you are making under 60k. Bonuses are almost non-existent, and when they do happen, they are a fraction (by percentage) of the bonuses the officers of the company receive.

Better investment in middle and lower management training in people skills could go a long way.