Capital Group Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Great work culture, work life balance,best salary compensation in the industry

Cons

I have not experienced anything negative.

Pros

Pros? There use to be but not anymore.

Cons

They do not care about their employees. Required overtime hours are constant and ending. There’s been overtime so much that they’ve made it part of your yearly review. You don’t work it then you get ding’d on your compensation. Now they are onto their next associate crushing mission which is to MAKE some associates work in the office. Not because they are essential but because it’s considered a perk to wfh. They like to throw the word PERK around a little too loosely. The stress of having to be perfect in the office was prevalent prior to the pandemic but not using it as a form of punishment is taking it too far. Now there are talks of making associates that wfh work later hours because of course they have more flexibility. Work/life balance is a joke. More work = less life

Pros

The pay is competitive, benefits are excellent, there's a measurable commitment to DE&I with benchmarks and transparent accountability.

Cons

There's constant, and I mean CONSTANT, change in operating models in marketing. Your success, raises, work/life balance, etc. depends on almost entirely on your direct manager and some of them are really abysmal at the job of managing people. There's very limited oversight from Senior Managers, they're more worried about impressing the higher-ups than taking care of their departments. Top-down refusal to consider real flexible options for WFH/hybrid is causing the company to lose a lot of valuable people and nobody seems to care much. It's definitely impacting culture/morale and we're losing a lot of great talent to companies who are willing to be more flexible. Communication is an absolute clusterf&@%. Major changes are communicated through the informal grapevine long before management makes a poorly worded statement with opaque decision making processes informing us of the change. People are frequently pushed out implicitly through re-orgs or explicitly through layoffs, there's no sense of stability or certainty. People are moved around into roles they're not qualified for and there's no training for the new expectations, just fumble your way through and don't get too attached because you'll probably be pushed into a different role within a year or two.

Pros

Capital Group was one of the first local companies to go remote when COVID hit the US. They care about their employees and it's totally evident. Pay is decent, but the most important part of their compensation is their retirement plan. Lots of running projects in their IT org to get your hands on. People share their time and knowledge so willingly. Really - the people here are incredibly kind. Back in the office, people would basically leave their desk at 5. Work-life balance is real here.

Cons

Slow to move in the IT and product organizations, but this is in-line with expectations for an older financial services firm. Product team seems to run development teams with no clear leadership to push back on this within IT. Lots of talk within new product teams claiming they are a startup within the company. You are not a startup, nor can you be one when your "product" is heavily coupled with outdated processes and systems.

Pros

Employee friendly, work life balance, salary, bonus, benefits, benefits and benefits.

Cons

Very slow moving things, extremely slow process. Lot of project management overhead that can be avoided.

Pros

Nice pay, great lunch and breakfast, lovely co workers

Cons

Management are bullies . No work/life balance. Scheduling is Misunderstood

Pros

ive worked at multiple other large asset managers. Capital is BY FAR the best in terms of culture, work-life balance and overall happiness. A few other highlights - cares more about about employee, and treats you like adults - genuinely nice people. I can honestly say I've become a better person outside of work after being here - massive growth potential in multiple parts of the business set the organization up well for decades to come - seems to be more open to flexible schedules now

Cons

as many others mentioned, slower pace of decision making. lots of meetings (not a con for me since i enjoy meetings). Overall the Pros massively outweigh the cons

Pros

Amazing leadership Collaborative environment Room to grow and develop Work life balance

Cons

None that come to my mind

Pros

Work life balance is great. Career development is strong. Benefits package is tremendous.

Cons

Not much to say from a cons perspective

Pros

Great benefits package, work / life balance and PTO. Some autonomy to choose who you work with, can learn from some great investors

Cons

Turnover within the group consistently high, will mean you have to backfill consistently on staffing. Largely dead end career path if you want to be an investor long term.