Great place to learn, tough place to grow - Senior Business Analyst Capital One Employee Review

4.0
Sep 25, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

People at Capital One at all levels are intelligent, innovative, and hard-working. Information is open and easily shared across departments. I rarely encountered people who were an impediment to my work. Also, employees are given an immense level of responsibility, even in the early stages of their career. It's a great place to learn and develop as a productive employee and easy to deliver positive contributions. They also encourage job rotations across departments, which I found an excellent way to learn about the company.

Cons

They pay is low, especially for the D.C. area. It is also difficult to be promoted from Analyst to Manager, even after 5+ years of experience and an MBA. Part of that is due to a preference of hiring managers from the outside, and part of that is limiting promotions to only 10% of the analyst group each year.

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Cons

Never heard more nonsensical topics during meetings; people sharing their sexual preferences, flaunting overly dramatic personal lifestyle decisions, diversity to the point of failure, etc. Hearing the term "white guilt" in a professional setting was, well, pretty unprofessional. Stack ranking for performance reviews is a mess. Someone has to have an "F" regardless of their performance because that is what their line of business is allotted. Be prepared to be held responsible for actions any Sr Leadership would just sweep under the rug under their own circumstances. If a manager doesn't like you, regardless of your productivity, you're toast unless you're able to find another LoB to support. HR / AR are just a check in the box and will most likely point you from one to the other and back again without resolving any issues. You'll find yourself curious as to what leadership does as they continue to scrape managerial responsibilities from their plate, to yours. Last but certainly not least; you may find yourself working hard on a project; nights and weekends, just in case that work life balance is feeling a little too perfect. Fret not, someone will surely assist in taking credit for the hard work you've put in. I'm sure none of these things will happen to you, though. Best of luck!

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