Culture has gotten really bad - Lead Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

2.0
Oct 8, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The compensation is pretty good, hard to find comparable outside of FAANG-like companies

Cons

culture around "performance management" is terrible. Review cycles are twice a year, and take a few months each time. The stakes are high because they often enforce a 15% distribution, which means 15% of each title is required to be rated "below strong" which automatically results in a PIP. So basically for like 40% of the year you are worried about your job. Absolutely kills morale Also there are so many internal compliance requirements that there's almost no time left to work on actual feature development

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5.0
Jul 3, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Environment was good, food was decent, free food at my location (dont know if it was allowed but it was good)

Cons

The rittenhouse location is managed by a tyrant, he is an incredibly toxic man and upper management make it the most unbearable place to work. Andy will ask you to come in on days you're not scheduled, and then hold it over your head if you don't. Talks about employees behind their backs constantly. No respect enforced employees talked about each other all the time and there was even name calling in meetings, management did nothing. Worst place I've ever worked in my life frankly and affected my mental health in the worst way. Glad to be out out of there. The place itself has potential but the management at the Rittenhouse branch and above them is absolutely terrible in every regard.

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