Working under a bean counter can be suicide - Senior Programmer Analyst J.P. Morgan Employee Review

4.0
Aug 6, 2009
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Pros

Chance to work hard on great projects, lots of room to improve things and be recognized for your efforts and knowledge

Cons

I worked under a manager who was posted as a dept head so she could have a source to pay her salary and a "position" while doing corporate cleanup work for the top level mgmt. She didn't know how to turn on her terminal but was in charge of computer staff. OUch! She was in charge of an award banquet for employees who had perfect attendance - an award 70 people got, yet in my performance review stated I was absent without an excuse. AS you can see, she has a few loose screws, but she has an MBA and got accepted by upper mgmt. This is the Peter Principle in action. Wonder why I left?

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Cons

1. A lot of administrative items to take care of, a significant portion is spent on meetings, meetings are called to establish an agenda for next meetings, and so on. 2. Layoffs, all year round- sometimes significant, while in the middle of delivery. If your manager is off-site/ another city/country, you are more likely to be impacted. 3. Departments may have skewed gender or racial ratios. It is best to stay away to avoid discrimination (to be fair, this has less to do with culture and more to do with who the head of the department is).

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