All the corporate culture of Amazon, with half the pay - Senior Associate Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

1.0
Aug 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Offices are nice - Tech stack is very modern - I like my coworkers when they aren’t trying to stab me in the back

Cons

Rich is hell bent on making Capital One the new Amazon without realizing that Amazon’s culture goes completely against Capital One’s stated culture. 90% of new executives are Amazon rejects (literally Amazon underperformers) who don’t have to RTO and bring their culture with them. Long hours and backstabbing is the norm now. I refuse to collaborate with engineers on my level unless I can clearly demonstrate I’m better them. This is not how tech companies should behave. This performance review cycle has been inhumane and humiliating. Folks have known for two months now if they’ve been promoted, but several orgs have been keeping their lips closed about actual firing of underperformers. I have at least two people in my org that have been told their fine, but now being told they will likely receive a PIP. But they STILL don’t know officially. My manager has personally told me I cannot leave him anymore negative feedback because it looks bad on him. How is that normal? How is that going to help anyone? If Capital One cared about their bottom line, an employee saying they’ll only accept positive feedback is emblematic of a serious problem. I am tired of working for a company that tells me to live the values, while the company is taking a lot of action to actively undermine them.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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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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