Well-rounded place to work - Summer Financial Analyst Capital One Employee Review

4.0
7 Sept 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The company has an outstanding work-life balance with very generous benefits, and any time spent working unusually-long hours is often compensated for at a later date. Richmond campus is a spectacular environment that blows most offices out of the water. Summer internship program was engaging and very well-run; the full-time employees almost made us feel like family. The work was very stimulating given that it was an internship, and I was able to see how my work over the summer positively affected my team.

Cons

HR is a bureaucratic black hole; I received my signing bonus 4 months after I was supposed to. Performance feedback could have been much better, and HR and team management had numerous miscommunications. In addition, the business as a whole is highly cyclical, so keep that in mind if job security is a primary factor in your decision.

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Pros

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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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