Capital One used to be a good company to work for... - Manager Capital One Employee Review

3.0
May 10, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

I was an employee with Capital One for over 20 years. During most of that time they offered good benefits, fostered a solid culture and had a good vision for the future. The culture specifically is what kept me there so long, while turning away other companies from enticing me away. Another positive was the ability to move around the company to different roles if you desired a new challenge.

Cons

Post COVID, Capital One's culture has shifted dramatically to toxic. Amazon cast-off executives are now influencing a culture where doing your job is not enough to keep your job. They force management to make the bar so high during calibrations that only a select few can reach it and then they outright terminate the employees under the bar without a Coaching Plan or Performance Improvement Plan. Employees are asked to do more with less without any additional compensation. Executive Leadership is easily influenced by the tech companies that Capital One strives to emulate. Instead of being the leader in their industry and doing what is best for the associates, they base their decisions on what Google, Apple and Amazon do. Employees are being forced back into the office and if they don't badge in often enough, they are terminated.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

Extremely lax and worklife balance is great

Cons

Not much room for development, sometimes lackluster

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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