Great work/life balance, but it's a bank - Master Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

3.0
2 Nov 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great work/life balance. I get in at 10am and leave by 5pm every day. If I come in at 9am for some reason I'd usually be the first person in the office. Not stressful, deadlines are flexible. Pay is good if not particularly high. C1 in SF is a great place to park yourself and make a steady income without having to really care about what you're doing. In fact caring is a detriment, just do what you're told and you'll be fine.

Cons

It's not a tech company, it's a bank. Computers and network are locked down, it's difficult to be productive. I waste more time fighting IT than I waste in meetings! I've worked at other big enterprises in the past, C1 is by far the worst. Boring busywork. Why are we doing any of this again? My team built something that literally made the website significantly slower in order to enable features that no one used. I tried to discuss this but it was made clear to me that was outside of my role and I should just focus on the tasks I was assigned. You definitely feel the fact that this is a satellite office (I'm in San Francisco). We are many layers removed from actual decision makers, and hear anything important via rampant rumors before anyone in management tells us what's going on. On that note, plenty of reorgs, shuffling priorities, and elimination of budget. Even with a strong performance review I got pushed from a team I liked to a team I hate because the budget for the team was slashed by 70%. The stack-ranking system seems to be universally hated by managers and ICs and even the directors I've talked with. It's pretty brutal.

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5.0
19 June 2026
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Pros

Good company values overall Great benefits Office was nice

Cons

Depends on department, but culture can be too competitive

3.0
19 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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