Great Place to Learn and Grow If You can Play Politics - Senior Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

4.0
28 Jun 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great respect for work/life balance. Managers, at least seem, to care about the happiness of their reports and definitely want to try and make sure you're doing work that you enjoy. Company implemented "Invest in Yourself Days" where we were allowed to essentially do whatever in order to focus on ourselves. Some people literally used the day to meditate or have a good work out. Others used it to learn something new that they wouldn't usually get to use in their typical day-to-day. Definitely a place where you can come and retire. Competitive pay and job security as long as you do your job of course. Extremely smart people work here and you can learn a lot from the people around you.

Cons

Like any corporate company, the politics game is heavy here. If you want a promotion you have to practice "influence" instead of just showing strong competency and results. The loudest and most vocal person is generally the one driving the discussion which I think leads to other team members from not wanting to participate or even caring to.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
19 Jun 2026
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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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