Trial and Error management - Business Manager Capital One Employee Review

1.0
23 July 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

one upside of them trying to move fast is you will get to work on latest technologies but all of this comes at huge cost to you personally. It's a good place for fresh college grads but everyone else not the place to be.

Cons

Frequent reorgs and top level management changes all through the year. I have had 4 reorgs in less than 3 years of being there. Whenever someone at the top leaves, management takes it as an opportunity to reorg the deck across the division. One of the most regressive performance management process I have seen which they take great pride in, it's done 4 times a year with no time for associates to focus on learning and development - it's deliver or out all the time but when you couple that with the frequent reorgs it's hard to settle in a role and deliver. Very short term focused managers. Managers are not interested in your development, they just need results to go after their promotion. They run quarterly survey on employees but managers are busy trying to figure out who gave bad ratings than focusing on how to improve morale. There is a lot of corporate marketing speak which is says and means two different things. Be prepared to just preparing atleast 100 slides a week, that's all there is to their work.

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Cons

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1.0
1 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay can be decent compared to GovCon. Some people are a pleasure to work with. Other non-pay related incentives.

Cons

Never heard more nonsensical topics during meetings; people sharing their sexual preferences, flaunting overly dramatic personal lifestyle decisions, diversity to the point of failure, etc. Hearing the term "white guilt" in a professional setting was, well, pretty unprofessional. Stack ranking for performance reviews is a mess. Someone has to have an "F" regardless of their performance because that is what their line of business is allotted. Be prepared to be held responsible for actions any Sr Leadership would just sweep under the rug under their own circumstances. If a manager doesn't like you, regardless of your productivity, you're toast unless you're able to find another LoB to support. HR / AR are just a check in the box and will most likely point you from one to the other and back again without resolving any issues. You'll find yourself curious as to what leadership does as they continue to scrape managerial responsibilities from their plate, to yours. Last but certainly not least; you may find yourself working hard on a project; nights and weekends, just in case that work life balance is feeling a little too perfect. Fret not, someone will surely assist in taking credit for the hard work you've put in. I'm sure none of these things will happen to you, though. Best of luck!

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