Good compensation and smart people, but no job security. - Anonymous employee Capital One Employee Review

4.0
Nov 18, 2008
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good compensation and smart people are the reason people come to Capital One and the reason people stay at Capital One. The company recruits from top schools throughout the country (and the world), and invests heavily in professional development. In general, the company does a lot of the right things for employees -- allows working from home, good benefits (which don't increase in cost by 10%+ every year), fair severance (historically), etc.

Cons

Job security is virtually non-existent. Growth is gone, which makes it difficult to advance as senior managers protect their kingdoms instead of take on risks. Performance reviews and bonuses are driven more by tenure and politics than the company's managers would like to admit, and HR has a long track record of blunders when trying to address these problems.

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Environment was good, food was decent, free food at my location (dont know if it was allowed but it was good)

Cons

The rittenhouse location is managed by a tyrant, he is an incredibly toxic man and upper management make it the most unbearable place to work. Andy will ask you to come in on days you're not scheduled, and then hold it over your head if you don't. Talks about employees behind their backs constantly. No respect enforced employees talked about each other all the time and there was even name calling in meetings, management did nothing. Worst place I've ever worked in my life frankly and affected my mental health in the worst way. Glad to be out out of there. The place itself has potential but the management at the Rittenhouse branch and above them is absolutely terrible in every regard.

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