JPMorgan Chase

Usually a good work-life balance, but it depends on the LOB.

WFH half the time; it should be less, in my opinion.

Pay is alright and usually scales with the cost of living. Once you're in, you're in, and it can be a cushy job for many.

The 'fun' is really dependent on what you are doing. It's fintech, so it can get ugly, but it can also be super cool AI/ML.

You can get into some cloud projects as well.

Upper management is afraid to get their hands dirty. They push for things without telling the underlings their goal, nor getting their feedback on the feasibility. They only understand the projects at a surface level.

Nobody helps each other or does the bare minimum.

As a result, I feel like Soviet Russia, where people say "everything is fine" yet no progress is being made. There is a lot of obscurity between upper management and their engineers.

Even lower management is locked into endless meetings, meaning they can never actually check in at a granular level.

Stop making your underlings afraid of you. Instead, you should understand what's going on at their level instead of flipping out at every meeting when something goes wrong, demonstrating your ignorance and confusion.