System Engineer - Senior Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

4.0
16 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very nice working environment, startup setup, with on-site bars, free cookies, soft drinks and good coffee in New York offices. Decent benefits such as Medical insurance, 401k, PTO, etc. Integrate with new technologies fast, especially highly recognized in financial industry to adopt AWS thus consolidating on-prem data centers. CEO has very good vision and he is widely respected within or outside of company. Tech side, company is well-know and respected for innovations and quickly adopting new technologies

Cons

Not all groups are equal among groups and teams, tech side Cards and Retail bank maybe very strong, while other groups such as Commercial bank and EDS might be in old schools who try to catch up. Expect drastic changes maybe no one really know the direction to advance technologies. With so-called innovation and transformation, they will keep bringing un-qualified new people to Dir/Sr. Mgr roles and drive 1+ years' veterans out. You will find yourself to be the only few guys as 2+ years tenure in Capital One meeting room maybe due to immigration status. Even if you like the company and try to be really innovative, you will be shut-off by your skip-level Gang of Powers tech leaders since they don't want to veterans to work on anything innovative. Worst of all, they will bash the guys who left the company, to survive HR surveys because they know no way you can fight with them if you choose to leave.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Environment was good, food was decent, free food at my location (dont know if it was allowed but it was good)

Cons

The rittenhouse location is managed by a tyrant, he is an incredibly toxic man and upper management make it the most unbearable place to work. Andy will ask you to come in on days you're not scheduled, and then hold it over your head if you don't. Talks about employees behind their backs constantly. No respect enforced employees talked about each other all the time and there was even name calling in meetings, management did nothing. Worst place I've ever worked in my life frankly and affected my mental health in the worst way. Glad to be out out of there. The place itself has potential but the management at the Rittenhouse branch and above them is absolutely terrible in every regard.

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