Culture still sucks, with possible signs of hope appearing - Principal Associate Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

2.0
Dec 15, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-They are supposedly working on improving developer experience by automating things. CodeGenie is a good example. It's slowly getting better. -EP Tech LOB is not so bad -C1 seems to be more ethical than some other banks -Biggest glimmer of hope is that C1 may be learning from their mistakes of overly favoring internal tooling over working off the shelf solutions

Cons

-Explanations for the reasoning behind major initiatives that is propagated to developers is often surface-level, sometimes even deceptive. -Pay should be better for the workload especially for LOBs like Card -Blockers due to nearly unusable internal tooling is a major cause of deadlines being missed. -Stack ranking leads to CPs and PIPs for trivial reasons and there's no way to appeal or argue against this other than knowing your legal rights. -Capital One is not an organization that is fond of Crucial Conversations. This is more of an organization that likes to blame people lower on the hierarchy for management mistakes. It happens all the time. -Going back to 3 days in the office

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Flexible work schedule, work remote or in person

Cons

Corporate ladder climbing environment is very predominant

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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