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      Richard D. Fairbank

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      1.0
      Nov 7, 2019

      A Disappointing Experience

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Good work/life balance. - Great office and equipment. - Regular fully-expensed trips to Nottingham.

      Cons

      Upon joining you quickly become mired in endless planning and scrum ceremonies, bookended by talks on numerous corporate initiatives. Unworkable requirements are simply passed to teams from stakeholders in Nottingham who have remarkably little understanding of the teams in London. Inexperienced managers must then wrestle with these to try and eke out deliverables for stakeholders wedded to unrealistic deadlines. The graduate scheme is large and there are a limited number of developers able to support them in their development, adding additional pressure on teams. If you’re looking to grow as a developer I would simply avoid working here. Although Capital One does have good initiatives for learning and development, these can’t make up for the total lack of time spent actually building software.

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      6y
      Thank you for your review, we appreciate all of your comments, both positive and constructive.
      1.0
      Nov 3, 2019

      Not as great as it seems

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      * Work life balance is good. Flexible 9-5 hours * Compensation is OK * Friendly people

      Cons

      * Work is very dull, not interesting and filled with horrible corporate process and red tape. As a result, you won't be able to learn much as an engineer. * Engineers in london are not given the same support as the Nottingham counterparts. * Performance management is completely unfair. You are not rewarded on you're technical ability and delivery but on how well you sell yourself to senior managers. * HR is very unhelpful, non responsive and their only interest is to protect the company. * Hiring is also very biased as well. Again people who are all talk but no substance get hired while actual talented engineers are not taken into consideration. This results in many hires having imposter syndrome.

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      6y
      Thank you for your review. We were disappointed to read some of your comments, but take on board all feedback, both positive and constructive.
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