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Do not work as a software contractor for them... ever!

Senior Software Engineer/Architect
Current Employee
Has worked at JPMorgan Chase for 1 year
December 5, 2013
Newark, Delaware
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative Outlook
Pros

None. There is nothing redeeming about this company.

Cons

Offshore mentality.

Most, if not all, contractors are furloughed the last week of the year. Extremely cheap, penny-wise, pound-foolish, etc.

For instance, developed on an Android platform but forced to use an emulator. No devices were provided.

They push deadlines requiring overtime but offer no method to bill more than 8 hours per day. If a holiday falls on a weekday, it's a 32-hour week, no matter how many hours you worked.

The company generates $1B/week, yet some teams cluster and buy their own spring water (5-gallon drums are found throughout the DE office). Coffee? Go and buy some at the overpriced cafeteria. Need basic office supplies (pens, staplers, etc.)? Bah...hah...ha!

You get the point...

There is no way this place can keep the "best and the brightest." It seems more like an effort to keep the "desperate and the dim-witted."

Finally, look at the recent crime this company was just fined for: $13B!

Advice to Management

Stop sucking up the chain, as well as strangling the budget of teams beneath you. Stop the conflict of interest in seeing how much greed you can get away with.

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