Wonderful Benefits and Associate Focused - Senior Operations Manager Capital One Employee Review

5.0
Dec 1, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Capital One has great overall benefits--Flex Spending, PTO, 401 k match, etc. The company is performance based, so metrics are very important and key to you being able to earn more money through salary increases, monthly/annual bonuses, and promotions. You work hard and smart -it pays. Capital One cares a great deal about it's associates. A lot of emphasis is focused on associate engagement. I could go on and on about how wonderful it was working for this company.

Cons

In my case, the biggest con would be the Year End Appraisal process. Depending on the business group you work in, you are stack ranked based on your job level with people with different job functions that may not have anything to do with what you do, For example people manager vs process manager vs operations analyst. There is a rigorous calibration process across different sites/locations to determine what your Year End Appraisal will be. Which is unfair as many of the decision makers may not know you or know what you do as they are a in a different business unit. It's left up to your manager to convince them how great you are.

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Capital One Response
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Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts with us – we’re glad to hear you’re feeling our benefits and associate engagement! Know that your feedback about the performance management system is very important to us as we’re constantly evolving to better support and develop our associates. Thanks again for your feedback!

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