Capco Reviews

Pros

Capco values there employees. Competitive salary and advancements. Sense of family and teamwork. Ability to learn and work every day with new opportunities. Considerate and patient to help there people grow and learn. Really enforce inclusivity and personal values and opinions. You can be yourself at Capco and be valued as a valuable member of the company.

Cons

Some client sites can be far from the awesome Toronto office that most people love to work from.

Pros

Present opportunities to stretch oneself and gain valuable experiences through an interesting project.

Cons

There are a few incompetent managers that don't have the career development of its employees in mind. Lack of structure at times, although they are trying to get better.

Pros

- Great Benefits - Good work/life balance if you are assertive - Unlimited vacation days (only if you take advantage of this benefit) - Great people at junior/middle levels - Good social events

Cons

- Poor/mis-management of software development projects - Little/no training for junior developers/intro roles - No mentorship - Senior management is difficult to work with and unprofessional - Sales driven software implementation projects promotes development of poor quality/buggy code to meet deadlines

Advice to Management

Implement mentorship/training programs for developers. Sell projects with technically feasible deadlines, work on managing client expectations rather than enforcing unreasonable deadlines on developers.

Pros

Lot of projects College type environment

Cons

Very poor work culture as it is completely ad-hoc and not process driven at all There is no professionalism among senior management

Advice to Management

NA

Pros

Strong culture, strong commitment to grow while maintaining stellar corporate culture

Cons

No specific cons that I can think of

Pros

- Great benefits - Compensation can be really good to - Free coffee, some times lunches - Potential to learn and grow - Very interesting and fast paced projects

Cons

- Favouritism is rampant. - There's an "inner circle". You are either part of it or outside it and feel left out. - Infrastructure in the Toronto office needs a lot of work. They really need more space. The office is overcrowded. - Very similar to a college campus non-professional atmosphere all the time. - Loud chatting and gossiping is not just accepted, but encouraged. - Professionalism is lacking a LOT. - Work...

Advice to Management

Care about ALL your employees. Respect their needs and train new comers on how to behave in a work environment.

Pros

Capco really can be an amazing place to work but there are too many issues acting as barriers to making Capco truly top tier. Recent reviews have shown that Capco has its blemishes. Those concerns are not invalid and this review speaks to my view of them but, overall, this place has its potential and you can grow a career here. I believe that I’ve developed both great colleagues and friends that I will have throughout...

Cons

Previous reviews have not been inaccurate. There is a VERY small group of partners who produce sales. As mentioned in a previous review, there are partners that seem to have no real purpose, other than showing up a couple days a week. Others seem talk for years, about “the big deal” but have seemed to not produce or need a lot of hand holding to close a deal. Of the partners that do produce, sales, most of them seem...

Advice to Management

Capco is at a crossroads. While it is a fun place and that fun, “be yourself at work” atmosphere has attracted some of the best talent, it is apparent that it has gone too far. The over lean HC function in Canada is not adequately supported by the New York focused HC function from the US and there is now a fear that, in the desperate need to address some of the abuse, poor behaviour and favouratism, New York HC (who...

Pros

Leading up to joining CAPCO, I’ve worked at a number organizations of sizes ranging medium to large. This is by far the best place I’ve worked at overall. A well-deserved 7th place at the Great Place to Work awards this year! 1) Flat Structure & Open Doors – In all the organizations I’ve worked in (including our clients), large hierarchies and visibility has been one of the biggest challenges for junior employees....

Cons

1) Rapid Growth (Cons) – The same rapid growth has caused CAPCO to take some hits in talent as recruitment tries to keep up with the demands of the business. I would imagine there are more promotions with this growth. However, we have hired at the senior levels quite a bit (a number of whom have not panned out and left). This is disappointing as it signals that the organization would prefer to gamble on someone we do...

Advice to Management

Look for opportunities to grow leaders internally - years of experience does not necessarily make good leaders. Continue to maintain our identify amidst the growth and keep CATO's culture alive.