Stressful but Profitable - Senior Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

3.0
28 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is outrageously high. A lot of work is centered on "hot" tech: cloud computing, AI, CI/CD, latest software versions. It's a great resume builder. It's very team specific, but collaboration can be great up to the director level.

Cons

PIP culture is destroying this company. Because PIPs happen twice a year, two to four weeks per year are wasted on performance management work. Project timelines are not adjusted to reflect this. Most ICs Senior and higher worked extended hours due to the DevOps requirements of the job. My hair actually fell out due to work induced stress. That's never happened to me before. Senior leadership is out of touch with the average employee experience.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
30 Jun 2026
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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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