Toxic workplace - Lead Backend Engineer Capital One Employee Review

1.0
13 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good food on campus, free company swag, great benefits

Cons

They work you like a dog til you burn out. Then you get kicked out by being placed on a performance improvement plan you can’t achieve. Chaotic work environment and no work life balance.

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5.0
28 June 2026
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Pros

Great supervisor, great insurance, positive remote work environment

Cons

High call volume but that’s expected tbh

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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