Depends on you - Branch Ambassador Capital One Employee Review

2.0
Mar 30, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

You have a job in this economy!

Cons

There are multiple departments within Capital One, we'll focus on the Retail side. Capital One Retail (Cafes & In person branches) I will focus on my experience working in the Branches might be different in the Cafe. - Low Pay: Starting salary $23 per hr or $47,817 annually with a base 3% annual increase, could be more based off performance. - Long hours EXTRA work duties (managing ATMs or managing the Vault) these responsibilities are an "expectation" really more of being voluntold. There are no incentives or extra pay for the duration of these duties. God forbid you say "no" this will count against you in your end of year review. Tread lightly - The expectation is you can always do more (with no extra pay is silent). - The idea from management is "influence" How can you influence your team members to do more work. It's all a manipulation tactic in getting you to come up with ideas on how you can do more. You'd think it was your idea in reality it was the managers game plan all along! - Performance reviews is bunch of crock - you can you all the things but it will not be good enough. - 4 weeks of PTO, get an additional week after 5 years max out at 7 weeks - Insurance is average. - Max out your FSA (Federal Savings Account) and max out your 401K Capital One matches up to 6%. Your manager is not your friend YOUR MARKET MANAGER is not your friend. Play the long game get in and get out. Speaking of getting out you can't, it's actually difficulty to transfer into a different department or get promoted. You damn near have to sell your soul, be a people pleaser, push over, a "yes" man in order to get ahead. Your manager will prevent you from getting promoted and scare you from applying for positions outside of bank retail. Don't say I didn't warn you. Good luck!

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2.0
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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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