Good pay but at the mercy of your leadership liking you or not - Manager, Product Management Capital One Employee Review

2.0
17 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Base pay is good 401k matching is great Last Friday of month is invest in yourself day

Cons

*Work life balance will depend on your group. Mine was toxic but others were not *quiet layoffs are used to reduce headcount. You will likely stay if your manager/director like you enough to voice your “value” * you are assessed on a curve and given a score out of 5. Upper management decides how much of the work force should be in each score range. There will always be people marked below average but are actually good at their job. You can be laid off for performance if you fall below average even once. * a lot of c1 employees in upper management spent their entire career there. They likely understand how to play the rating system game well. *It’s hard to move up especially into senior manager or director level roles. *product management here can be more like project management. *company always has open positions because they are always turning people over based on whether they like them or not *Too many leadership and organizational changes. They say it’s normal but I don’t think it’s a good sign *overall not a place for growth or outsiders

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Pros

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Cons

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