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1.0
Jan 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are great, pay for the area (depending on your area) is great, career mobility (while incredibly team dependent) can be great. Cafeteria food and people are generally smart and enjoyable.

Cons

Knowing what I know now, I would have never joined Capital One. Capital One's culture has taken a turn for the worse. Cutthroat performance management cycles has made the company a political nightmare, with each performance cycle seemingly getting worse it's apparent if you don't have the support of your manager, you'll find yourself out of luck at some point or another. Working here was once enjoyable and felt like everyone was working towards a common goal but now, politics and headcount requirements have turned joining this company into one of the biggest regrets I've ever made. High favoritism is placed on the college grads who enter the Capital One rotational program fresh and unexperienced and if you join the company professionally, you'll find your onboarding nonexistent, your expectations unreasonable high, and your salary quickly being bypassed by new hires who have little value to immediately contribute. It's a frustrating space and I've watched many good friends and employees enter the rotating door, either PIP'd or pushed out and several steps behind in their career because of it.

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5.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

Good leadership, support from eng managers

Cons

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1.0
Jun 1, 2026
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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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