Ambitious, Brilliant People - Agile Delivery Lead Capital One Employee Review

5.0
Jan 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

I love the people at Capital One. There is a healthy balance of work and growth opportunities; there are lots of free learning tools (tech college, udemy courses, workshops, recertification courses, etc) if you can make time to utilize them. The company provides generous benefits (401k and associate stock plan matching) and amenities (dining halls, gym, coffee shops, and walking trails on the West Creek campus) too. For a bank, Capital One is leading on the technical side of things.

Cons

The performance management system and calibrations pit people against each other. While you will work on projects and products in teams, be sure you stake claim of ownership on things. This can lead to bloat and tensions, too, where everyone is trying to lead something but not actually able to make real, needed progress on less glorious things like dealing with tech debt and legacy systems. The layoffs of everyone in the agile job family (Jan 2023), regardless of performance and years of experience, will be devastating; it is a massive blow to the culture and psychological safety of teams/team members.

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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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