Great colleagues, stimulating work, and professional growth -- yet not-so-great career growth - Business Director Capital One Employee Review

3.0
Mar 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Very smart colleagues - Great learning / professional growth opportunities - Good support of work-life balance / family - Teamwork oriented culture - Rigorous, data-driven approach to business - Bold strategic vision

Cons

- Highly inconsistent performance management / promotions - Limited career growth - People not consistently held accountable for, or rewarded for, results - Nonhierarchical culture in principle not always so in practice - Inconsistent leveling of new vs. existing hires - Consensus-based culture sometimes at odds with innovation & rapid decision making

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Cons

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3.0
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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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