Capital One Reviews

Pros

Great benefits. Lots of travel opportunity. Great for some (not for everyone)— especially for people avoiding their families or trying to have an affair.

If you don't like your current team, you can often move to another one or relocate to another location.

Great opportunity to learn new skills.
Some of the leadership is inspiring.
Nice workspaces for some.

Advice to Management

Pay attention. Don't just spend money on diversity & inclusion training — really implement some change in the culture.

Get organized. Lessen reorgs. Stop acquiring other companies before you can handle what you have.

You are not a tech company or a start up, just face it. Just be a better company, spend the money on hiring better engineers instead of on business people from failed start-ups who don't know how to work effectively in enterprise environments.

Pros

Freedom and flexibility to balance work and life, as well as to take ownership of your career. My leadership is incredibly passionate about making sure each of our associates are doing work that is truly fulfilling and inspiring. Never have I felt limited by hierarchy, role, team, etc. My opinion feels valued and I have many ways to voice it. I love that I can take an idea and run with it, without needing layers upon layers of approval. The pay and benefits are fantastic.

Advice to Management

I haven't had any issues with my leadership.

Pros

There is plenty of opportunity, growth and training available to CAPONE employees.

Advice to Management

Determine the direction and stick with it, make it work.

Pros

- Thorough 2 week program
- A business based on moral & excellence
- Exceptional Hiring Managers/recruiters

Advice to Management

- When picking managers please take into account their people skills and ability to better their employees. I'd unfortunately have to say my experience with multiple supervisors were poor and made my job less enjoyable. I even had to take on the responsibility of my own manager at some point. Ridiculous.

Pros

Capital One offered excellent benefits - medical, 401k matching. Clean, comfortable buildings with cafe's in most of them.

Advice to Management

If you are wanting to change banking for good, you should change challenge the way it's handled on the back end more aggressively.

Pros

Capital One's forward-thinking, development-focused culture is the main selling point, in my opinion. The company is made up intelligent, driven associates who are supported by a management team that is committed to engaging them as humans, not just employees. The focus on growth is tangible, and it makes all the difference.

Another point that stands out is the willingness to take risks and learn from failure. The party line is that, if you never fail, you aren't trying hard enough, and this is taken into account when evaluating performance.

All in all, when most people imagine what it's like to work at a bank, they imagine a scene out of "Office Space" or the beginning part of "Fight Club" before things get weird. Capital One is lightyears away from that stereotype. It feels more like a technology company than a bank, more akin to Google than Goldman.

Advice to Management

Culturally, keep on keeping on.

Pros

*Fantastic culture
- open , non -hierarchical
- work from home and other benefits

Advice to Management

- Adjust your performance review process to look at talent and their achievements rather than people who sell.....
- IT needs revamp.... (Agile is not always the answer to how IT works.)

Pros

The structure of how work is done, coupled with a culture of moving associates through different teams and experiences contributes to a great learning environment. During my tenure, I have worked on expansion strategies, marketing, underwriting, new product development and associate-facing development programs. My managers have been supportive of learning new skills through trainings, projects, and conferences. I have learned a lot in five years!

Advice to Management

Would love to see more women in senior leadership positions, especially in the C-Suite and on the board!

Pros

People at the top are visionary
Benefits are excellent

Advice to Management

Cut down meetings.
Reward effort and result.

Pros

Fantastic culture! Great working environment - felt like I was work WITH people, not for them.