Capital One reviews

Under the guise of "calibration against your peers," individuals can be pushed out without being given a chance to prove themselves, as was my case after just 4 months at the company. The same experience happened to two members of my team who were African American and had been at the company for less than a year. As a gay man of color, I have to wonder if "poor job fit" was simply an excuse to get rid of someone who was physically different from the rest of the department. Company is large and hard to navigate. You have to continuously re-do your work because you need to incorporate feedback from 3 layers of bureaucracy. Trips down to the Richmond office are exhausting. Inconsistencies with policies about remote work and whether vacation time is actively tracked or not (varies manager to manager). This is place fixated on doing things "The Capital One way," with no room for interpretation, even if someone comes in from a different industry. Managers are fastidious about PowerPoint decks fitting a rigid format in everything from style to content.

- Management: A culture of consistently promoting self-serving, political climbing managers who are generally willing to trade-off their associates well-being for business results and a personal promotion. - Associates: A culture of being afraid to leave despite being depressed, because of tight-knit friendship circles at work, above-industry pay, and the impression that they are working with "the smartest people in Toronto" - Symptoms of depression I've seen in myself and many others: Emotional numbness, insomnia, hopelessness, overwhelming dread, zero self-worth, and a total inability to believe that things can be better. All of which feel normal in the moment, and insane in hindsight. Also being afraid to express these feelings, partially because I've experienced and seen other managers tell their associates off for “being negative”. This is despite all the mental health training for managers. There are also some truly great managers, but they are the minority and won't get promoted as quickly compared to the ones who optimize for self-gain.