Good Company - Work hard, Play Hard - Anonymous employee Capital One Employee Review

5.0
6 Aug 2008
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good working environment that challenges you both from an intellectual point of view as well as personal development. Some up or out mentality that is left over from the number of consultants that they hired in the past. Fairly strong leadership that cares about their associates and hence developed some very nice severance packages. Attempting to develop some stronger leadership from within, but there is a tendency to look at IQ versus EQ.

Cons

Too much focus and time on performance management. Easy to get a reputation...difficult to break it. Saw performance reviews that repeated the same development opportunity year over year. Difficult environment to get promoted in given the current and continuing reduction in workforce. Environment can produce an elitist attitude.

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Pros

Pay can be decent compared to GovCon. Some people are a pleasure to work with. Other non-pay related incentives.

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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