Good place to work, but no job is secure - Vice President Capital One Employee Review

4.0
4 Nov 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Capital One has great people that are smart and fun to work with. There are good opportunities for young ,smart and talented employees that want to learn and have a meaningful impact on results. Compensation is great -- better at most levels than a comparable company. While most work hard, the environment is flexible - which makes it easy to have a good work life balance.

Cons

The company has a Very Unfair process for recognizing individuals for promotions and performance reviews. Managers jointly decide on all staff --- creating a highly political environment where strong managers get their staff good ratings and promotions and weak ones don't. It is always hard to understand why some get promoted and others loose their job. The announcements are always a suprise. Also, executive management views employees at all levels as completely disposable. No job is secure, regardless of performance. Politics rules the day.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Never heard more nonsensical topics during meetings; people sharing their sexual preferences, flaunting overly dramatic personal lifestyle decisions, diversity to the point of failure, etc. Hearing the term "white guilt" in a professional setting was, well, pretty unprofessional. Stack ranking for performance reviews is a mess. Someone has to have an "F" regardless of their performance because that is what their line of business is allotted. Be prepared to be held responsible for actions any Sr Leadership would just sweep under the rug under their own circumstances. If a manager doesn't like you, regardless of your productivity, you're toast unless you're able to find another LoB to support. HR / AR are just a check in the box and will most likely point you from one to the other and back again without resolving any issues. You'll find yourself curious as to what leadership does as they continue to scrape managerial responsibilities from their plate, to yours. Last but certainly not least; you may find yourself working hard on a project; nights and weekends, just in case that work life balance is feeling a little too perfect. Fret not, someone will surely assist in taking credit for the hard work you've put in. I'm sure none of these things will happen to you, though. Best of luck!

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