Review Process Needs Work - Lead Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

3.0
29 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Diverse and inclusive work environment. Generally working with very talented industry professionals. Good work/life balance.

Cons

Review and promotion process is widely agreed to be terrible. Management has pre-determined performance buckets to place employees in. In situations where many employees are doing well, it forces management to rank employees lower to meet required quotas. Worse, the review process is conducted by all management directly above you. This leads to a competitive atmosphere where there is excessive focus is on appeasing managers across all teams rather than helping your coworkers. Mostly, it relies on your direct manager to adequately represent your accomplishments. In general, success is too strongly weighted on workplace politics as a popularity contest.

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Very friendly and helpful co-workers

Cons

Worked with only one department instead of working with multiple departments

3.0
19 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

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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