C1's Performance Management debacle is reason enough to look elsewhere - Senior Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

4.0
Jun 3, 2018
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Pros

Innovative Tech Company with good senior management

Cons

Performance Management is on a bell curve and your 1-5 rating greatly affects your career trajectory, salary and bonus. As a result, associates are forced to "play the game" of doing anything they can to appear to be a little better than their peers. This creates a culture where employees routinely take credit for other employees work including managers who are playing the same game as their subordinates. All in it creates a toxic work atmosphere.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Great culture, supportive leadership, and meaningful creative work with opportunities to learn and grow.

Cons

There can be a learning curve due to the size of the organization and the number of internal tools and processes.

3.0
Jun 19, 2026
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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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