Outside hires pray you can match performance of everyone in your role - Lead Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

2.0
Apr 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The people are good and you learn a lot. Lots of great open source and AWS tech to work with.

Cons

Their twice a year performance review process is horrible for outsiders joining. You will be compared against everyone with the same role in your org and they don't account for how long you've been at the company. 12% of employees in each role must be put in the poor performance bucket every review period. Despite the claim of a good work/life balance, I have not seen that in the tech teams at Capital One, particularly at the team lead and above positions. It's somewhat of a cutthroat environment in my opinion for the reviews. They've also become hostile to fully remote positions.

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance. Great benefits (dental, medical, other perks). Very tech forward for a financial institution

Cons

Culture could be better. For example, there could be a better effort to foster camaraderie outside of work hours

1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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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