Avoid [redacted] team like the plague - Data Scientist Capital One Employee Review

2.0
Mar 18, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

some teams are not toxic

Cons

Most toxic workplace I ever encountered. If you're hankerin' for some rough stuff, maybe give 'em a try. - execs who gaslight you - so-called leaders who dismiss your proposals with specious reasons, only to later adopt them as their own, after some sycophantic lackey has parroted them back to them like a trained parrot. - leaders who, with a self-righteous grin, boast of their messaging and calls in the late night, as if such actions were a mark of their devotion and dedication - Leaders who are ignorant of what makes money in the business, yet still demand that change be summoned at the behest of their will, like a sorcerer conjuring a tempest from thin air, and all the while, the internal customers, mere pawns in this game of whimsy, are compelled to bend business requirements to their desires, despite the futility of such efforts. - leaders who behave rather like the proverbial ostrich, deliberately neglecting to have ethical guardrails and risk-related metrics until they are confronted with the prospect of an audit. At which point, they become as eager as mustard to prioritize these very same metrics, like a hen pecking at a nest egg. - Rigid adherence to priorities that descend from the heavens and disregard for the customer - Executives who create conflict between different teams that they manage and are not even aware that they are doing so - Executives who unknowingly sow discord among the very teams they purport to lead. Blinded by their own myopic ambitions, they are like unwitting puppeteers, manipulating the strings of power and influence without any conscious awareness of the chaos they create. Like a ship adrift in a stormy sea, their organizations are tossed about by the conflicting interests and petty squabbles that erupt among their teams.

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5.0
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Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

Commute to work is awful

3.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Some of the smartest individuals in their fields. The focus is always “forward” and the company is willing to adopt new tech to stay ahead for the purposes of the company’s (key word there) benefit. Great PTO and benefits.

Cons

The company’s drive to keep itself moving forward has caused it to regress in other aspects. As a leading tech company first, and leading bank second, it’s embarrassing what their stance is on hybrid and remote work. The company can easily accommodate remote options for their employees not near main offices, but chooses not to. I am relocating to a major city with no major CapOne presence and their response was “too bad, either fly up weekly or you’ll be terminated for not meeting the hybrid requirements”. It’s embarrassing because most of my week is remote anyways. I wonder how many current and past employees have been impacted, and I’m worried about how much talent they’ll be pushing away in the coming years.

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