Cultish good-old-boys club - Decline to State - Not A Software Developer Capital One Employee Review

1.0
May 1, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the people you work with are genuinely good people, a few actually care about you. This does not include anyone that's a manager or above, however.

Cons

Oh God where to start. First the in-office situation is untenable. In addition to lack of meeting spaces, terrible parking availability, and an open office that does not allow for productive work, it is really unfortunate how employees are forced into a ranked performance system where great employees are given below average ratings solely to satisfy the ranking metrics. Heaven help you if you have a manager that isn't particularly good at their job, they will throw you under the bus time and time again to cover their behinds. RTO has been an utter disaster, forcing people to come back to the office only to spend their days on Zoom which is just as easily accomplished at home. Leadership never ever ever ever admits they're wrong or they've made a mistake, no matter how glaringly obvious it is. This is not the Capital One from 10 years ago which was a vibrant, engaging, great place to work.

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Cons

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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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