Great People and Great Products held back by management - Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

3.0
Jan 31, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Benefits are second to none in the area - Compensation is Good - The People are talented - Products are interesting and engaging and organized to work on - Always room to move to areas you are more interested in - Great potential to create a network

Cons

- Direct Management quality has high amounts of variance and turnover - Your manager and skip have more impact on your compensation and perception of you than your actual work does - Middle and Upper Management has no idea what happens day to day for much of the company, and is slowly squeezing its limited resources - Promotions and compensation often feels arbitrary - General direction of company is not focused on its people, but reusing tools and using as few resources as possible, makes promotions and getting adequate staffing impossible

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5.0
Jun 20, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work life balance is a plus here

Cons

Up to you to find opportunities to push yourself

3.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the smartest individuals in their fields. The focus is always “forward” and the company is willing to adopt new tech to stay ahead for the purposes of the company’s (key word there) benefit. Great PTO and benefits.

Cons

The company’s drive to keep itself moving forward has caused it to regress in other aspects. As a leading tech company first, and leading bank second, it’s embarrassing what their stance is on hybrid and remote work. The company can easily accommodate remote options for their employees not near main offices, but chooses not to. I am relocating to a major city with no major CapOne presence and their response was “too bad, either fly up weekly or you’ll be terminated for not meeting the hybrid requirements”. It’s embarrassing because most of my week is remote anyways. I wonder how many current and past employees have been impacted, and I’m worried about how much talent they’ll be pushing away in the coming years.

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