Fantastic, large company - just be flexible - Senior Process Manager Capital One Employee Review

5.0
Sep 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In short, I perceived Capital One to be a bit of an odd duck amongst big financial institutions. It's very progressive, both in business and in its social stances and efforts. It's large, but its structure feels relative flat, and they value independent input and questions. They don't squash down constructive dissent, they welcome it. They don't brace against change, they embrace it.

Cons

They embrace change, and so you can expect a lot of it. That makes day-to-day work challenging at times (but also exciting), and it may mean that you get changed right out of the picture, which is what is happening to me as part of a site closure. That said, they've been more supportive about that change and transition than you can imagine, so even that isn't very much of a con.

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Capital One Response
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Thank you for your thoughtful input - we do, as you say, value it! As we continue to drive toward fewer, faster, and better solutions for our enterprise, we agree that it's important to coordinate and align across teams. Thanks again for your feedback.

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