Frustrated by deeply ingrained financial institution culture; despite a lot of rhetoric to the contrary. - Senior Software Engineering Manager Capital One Employee Review

3.0
7 Dec 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Plenty of capital resources. Lateral mobility. Upscale office designs. Flexible office schedules. Solid benefits. Offices in several locations. You shouldn't have to worry if your paycheck will keep coming.

Cons

Very difficult to get ahead. Antiquated year end review process is designed to contain costs, not reward and retain performance and talent. Good people forced into lower bracket performance bands so target distributions are met. Way too much focus on perceptions. Not enough focus on real business value. Very competitive environment results in people willing to submarine others for their own ambitions. Self imposed schedule pressure creates stress and diminishes quality. Organizational infighting. Way too much energy spent on recruiting instead of retention and training. Poor IT support often gets in the way of productivity. Too often, "more people" is the answer. When really, fewer, but better people would lead to superior results. Numerous facilities and space management issues. You will likely move your desk at least once a year.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
19 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the smartest individuals in their fields. The focus is always “forward” and the company is willing to adopt new tech to stay ahead for the purposes of the company’s (key word there) benefit. Great PTO and benefits.

Cons

The company’s drive to keep itself moving forward has caused it to regress in other aspects. As a leading tech company first, and leading bank second, it’s embarrassing what their stance is on hybrid and remote work. The company can easily accommodate remote options for their employees not near main offices, but chooses not to. I am relocating to a major city with no major CapOne presence and their response was “too bad, either fly up weekly or you’ll be terminated for not meeting the hybrid requirements”. It’s embarrassing because most of my week is remote anyways. I wonder how many current and past employees have been impacted, and I’m worried about how much talent they’ll be pushing away in the coming years.

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