The culture is great, but not consistently great in all organizations and teams. - Senior Manager, Process Management Capital One Employee Review

3.0
May 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Associate friendly culture, dynamic strategy and pace of work, high focus from corporate leadership on customer experience and do the right thing.

Cons

Too much focus on titles, job levels, and promotions makes the culture more competitive than collaborative, especially in the Auto Finance division. The pursuit of promotions results in more unstable organization structures with frequent reorganizations that are driven by the intent to grow the scope and trajectory of some leaders, with collateral impact on the broader teams that have to constantly be moved around under different leaders. So the career growth of anointed leaders appears to be more important than business strategy and the impact on the broader associate population.

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Pros

Great place to work, people are nice

Cons

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2.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Salary, benefits, mobility for internal transfers

Cons

I have been a part of Capital One for more than 20 years, most of my career. It was an exciting growth culture in the early years. Our team culture was very strong. People looked out for each other and worked toward a collective good. Around 2019 a shift began in leadership. Politics became more important and forced distribution, stack ranking, and performance management targets became more prevalent. When the pandemic hit, it broke the strong in person culture of this company. Many left for the lure of FAANG and other companies offering remote work for promotion and higher pay. It was a chance to jump the line and come back later. In the meantime COF hired people who tired of the relentless pace of Amazon, Google, and other tech companies. We also hired in big bank culture of JPM Chase and Goldman. This has resulted in a toxic, political, cutthroat culture with constant reorgs. I’m planning to leave this organization in the next 12 months. It is sad what it has become. I know tenured leaders, great people who look out for others and have helped me succeed over the years, who are miserable here. DFS colleagues from the acquisition are leaving in droves.

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