Not as great as it seems - Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

1.0
3 Nov 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Work life balance is good. Flexible 9-5 hours * Compensation is OK * Friendly people

Cons

* Work is very dull, not interesting and filled with horrible corporate process and red tape. As a result, you won't be able to learn much as an engineer. * Engineers in london are not given the same support as the Nottingham counterparts. * Performance management is completely unfair. You are not rewarded on you're technical ability and delivery but on how well you sell yourself to senior managers. * HR is very unhelpful, non responsive and their only interest is to protect the company. * Hiring is also very biased as well. Again people who are all talk but no substance get hired while actual talented engineers are not taken into consideration. This results in many hires having imposter syndrome.

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Capital One Response
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Thank you for your review. We were disappointed to read some of your comments, but take on board all feedback, both positive and constructive.

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