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Richard D. Fairbank

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1.0
Oct 22, 2024

Amazon pip culture 2x

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Pros

Nice office in Tyson's Corner, VA Company gym High cash TC - but no equity unless in management

Cons

Can only speak to the AI and ML teams. Avoid them at all cost! Every 6 months, forced distributions and bottom is cut. If everyone does above average, your team will be bullied into assigning someone as below average. Doesn't matter how you perform if your manager has his favorites - even if they are incompetent. I've had someone on the machine learning team ask me what gradient descent is. Or if your manager doesn't look out for his own employees because he is too busy trying to save his own job - then YOU are on the chopping block. Poop rolls down hill. You could be hired to meet PIP quota, so you are doomed the day you start. They call it hire to fire. When calculating TC, expect to also add on your severance package. Why does it look like the ML and AI jobs at C1 are having a hiring frenzy? Because they're replacing everyone they pip'd! Entire management tower is full of amazon and meta rejects and pips - toxic culture follows. Already have an offer in hand, will be cruising until I get pip'd next cycle to collect severance and go.

1.0
Aug 29, 2023

Toxic Culture

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Pros

Tech stack is great for a credit card company. Benefits are very good. Good work/life balance. Total compensation is really good depending on the level includes generous bonus and LTI.

Cons

Outdating performance management processes creating a horribly toxic culture. People in people manger roles without training or experience add to toxic culture. Performance management is a stacked ranking/forced distribution system where a certain percentage are rated "below" which can impact your compensation up to no bonus at all. Further the process is FULL of bias and a popularity contest. Really, really think twice before applying for roles at this company.

1.0
Aug 6, 2019
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Pros

I cannot think of anything. Perhaps CEO's vision is great. Benefits are great.

Cons

I experienced the worst ever leadership and management here in Canada Tech. The culture in capital one US is far better. Leadership here has no clue how to handle situations. They keep passing on problems. Worst decision making ever. They run a generic job description for recruitment and place people in any position that is open irrespective of matching skills. People are continuously leaving. Recruitment standards are pretty low. Make sure you discuss the role, responsibilities and your matching technology skill set before joining. They lure you with higher salary than market. Even if you have joined recently, fail fast, leave and find something better. Do not ruin your career here, not worth it. If you keep dragging on it would be too late. There are far better things to do elsewhere than working at Capital One Canada Tech. Capital one Canada is just a bunch of people relying on what US gives them to work on. No place for innovation. They are harping on one single innovation that happened from Canada for very long time . Too many org changes too often leaving you gasping and play catch up game. They claim to be an Agile house but they are nowhere near. The circumstances will make you unlearn a lot, ruining your hard earned knowledge and practical experience. There is no scope to apply agile practices. Serious Warning: Managers, Developers if you want to learn and grow and make a career, join a real tech company with good business model. If you join Capital One Canada, one day you will repent and say, if only I had taken right decision not to join this place.

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