Can no longer recommend - greater profits for stockholders over customer experience. - Customer Service Supervisor Capital One Employee Review

3.0
May 13, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits, holidays, vacation better than most anywhere else - 401k match, stock match, Perks, Cafeteria, Gym. Education stipend that does not have to be work related study. So far severance paid to those laid off. LGBTQ friendly company at lower levels of management (often preferred) and front line - if applies there are transition benefits in company medical plan.

Cons

Stack ranking system - everyone in your group can be a top performer but 20 percent will be below average and 20 percent above on a Bell curve. That means raises, promotions, and firings are evaluated by manager preference and popularity NOT performance and can make a big disparity in your paycheck over time. New managers mean change so jobs outsourced overseas for "cost savings". Artificial Intelligence being employed instead of people which frustrates customers as well as those losing jobs. As an employee expect the only constant to be change. Lateral moves and lends are encouraged as gives the illusion of mobility since .promotions are scarce given the number of employees. 360 feedback - you can be a top performer in metrics, reviews and still coached on being better leaving you feeling like the catchphrase should be "Capital One, where you are never good enough." Worse of all senior management wants to be disruptive and rarely hires people from financial sectors as see themselves as a tech company and not a bank or financial institution and always playing catch up on compliance. Used to be a great company now don't expect any job security or rewards for great performance as lay-offs are kept very quiet and designed so do not need to post WARN notices, etc. I miss the old Capital One customer and employee centric culture.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, easy to switch teams within company

Cons

Stressful performance management twice a year

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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