Capital One reviews

Be the first to review this company

(13,175 total reviews)
avatar

Richard D. Fairbank

Not enough data to show CEO approval

Reviews by job title

13K reviews
2.0
Feb 9, 2019

Talk a lot

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good technologies, Nice office/campus, learning opportunities.

Cons

Performance management is the worst part, where people recognized how much they talk and how good the relationship you have with management. You can talk like, I can create a diamond from the air, and talk it loud and talk the same, though that is not possible in real and you will be recognized. Ineffective game-players can get a better rating than people who work hard and dedicated. And they might put you in coaching plan, if you are in the lower bucket, learn how to make a diamond from the air. And if your manager doesn't like you, because you don't go every day and say good morning, then you are in bad luck. People may smile at you all the time, but they will not hesitate to give bad feedback for the mistake you have not done which might be interpreted as you did it. One of my friend told one day... "here snakes are everywhere", which makes perfect sense. If you want to work in a friendly environment, where people treat each other in (not fake)compassion, this is not the place. You may get some money/benefits, but not worth the quality of time you are spending with your colleague.

1.0
Jan 31, 2019

Toxic Environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

401k match, Flexibility, Work-life balance,

Cons

Management, D&I, HR, Performance Review, Morale

3.0
Nov 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work/life balance. I get in at 10am and leave by 5pm every day. If I come in at 9am for some reason I'd usually be the first person in the office. Not stressful, deadlines are flexible. Pay is good if not particularly high. C1 in SF is a great place to park yourself and make a steady income without having to really care about what you're doing. In fact caring is a detriment, just do what you're told and you'll be fine.

Cons

It's not a tech company, it's a bank. Computers and network are locked down, it's difficult to be productive. I waste more time fighting IT than I waste in meetings! I've worked at other big enterprises in the past, C1 is by far the worst. Boring busywork. Why are we doing any of this again? My team built something that literally made the website significantly slower in order to enable features that no one used. I tried to discuss this but it was made clear to me that was outside of my role and I should just focus on the tasks I was assigned. You definitely feel the fact that this is a satellite office (I'm in San Francisco). We are many layers removed from actual decision makers, and hear anything important via rampant rumors before anyone in management tells us what's going on. On that note, plenty of reorgs, shuffling priorities, and elimination of budget. Even with a strong performance review I got pushed from a team I liked to a team I hate because the budget for the team was slashed by 70%. The stack-ranking system seems to be universally hated by managers and ICs and even the directors I've talked with. It's pretty brutal.

Viewing 286 - 288 of 13,175 Reviews

Glassdoor has 21,291 Capital One reviews submitted anonymously by Capital One employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Capital One is right for you.