One of the best places I have worked at! - Tech Lead/IT Manager Capital One Employee Review

4.0
Dec 18, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits - 7.5% match on 401K (on base and bonus), 1K match on FSA, Discounted stock purchase program. Flexibility, open work space, Wi-Fi at work lets you work from anywhere you want in and around the building. Really smart intelligent colleagues who make it a great place to work. You are always challenged and motivated for that reason. The company is always doing the right thing for the employees/associates. (eg: they pay bonuses even when they didn't make much money or had layoffs and doesn't make that an excuse for cutting down on benefits). With the acquisitions of ING Direct and HSBC Cards, growing even more and unlike most other financial companies is well managed and growing, but very carefully with a bright future ahead. One of the rare places where I have seen things work the way they are supposed to and if not, you could find a way to work to get that changed.

Cons

The performance management system is good overall, but the forced ranking system can be painful. Not sure what can be a better option here, but good to think about it. Lots of type A people which can sometimes be annoying. Good individual contributors get promoted to people managers which sometimes leads to lack of focus on coaching/mentoring, but rather the people managers just trying to continue to be good individual contributors at their new level.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Very friendly and helpful co-workers

Cons

Worked with only one department instead of working with multiple departments

3.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the smartest individuals in their fields. The focus is always “forward” and the company is willing to adopt new tech to stay ahead for the purposes of the company’s (key word there) benefit. Great PTO and benefits.

Cons

The company’s drive to keep itself moving forward has caused it to regress in other aspects. As a leading tech company first, and leading bank second, it’s embarrassing what their stance is on hybrid and remote work. The company can easily accommodate remote options for their employees not near main offices, but chooses not to. I am relocating to a major city with no major CapOne presence and their response was “too bad, either fly up weekly or you’ll be terminated for not meeting the hybrid requirements”. It’s embarrassing because most of my week is remote anyways. I wonder how many current and past employees have been impacted, and I’m worried about how much talent they’ll be pushing away in the coming years.

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