Used to be Great but its gotten worse year by year - Senior Associate Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

3.0
Jan 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-TDP program is great for straight out of college hires -Use modern tech stack with modern processes -Generally pretty nice people and environment in the office but this can vary based on where you end up, some teams and leaders are toxic or just plain bad at leadership

Cons

-Culture has shifted to start imitating Amazon more and more in all the bad way, less benefits, less money spent on employees, tighter deadlines, regular layoff cycles -If you aren't a manager or a recent grad, avoid this place. TDPs get preferential treatment and will likely get paid more than you even if you are a more senior position. -Started as remote optional, than 50% of the days in office, now 3 days in the office minimum, wouldn't be surprised if it becomes 5 days mandatory soon. - If you are not self motivated, this environment is not for you. They don't hold your hand at all, and this will prevent you from promotions. - Promotions are rare even for good performers

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Pros

Good company culture Competitive Pay Technically advanced

Cons

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1.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
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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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