Great company/tech, but a lot of "red-tape" and hivemind mentality - Recensione dipendente - Software Engineer presso Capital One

4,0
28 giu 2023
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- Great tech - Modern approach (everything was microservices, single CI-CD pipelines for teams, single libraries used by all teams, basically they implemented the DRY procedure aka "don't repeat yourself" for all their applications so everything was integrated across teams) - Great processes, as you had to meet with cybersecurity and architects whenever modifying APIs (they used swagger - Great push for using open-source software, i.e. you could & would be encouraged to write code on github (we used github enterprise) and improve any application if you could - They also pushed for developers to write code and patent it, though, it was difficult - Rich Fairbank is actually a great guy and very intelligent and knows alot about tech and is pushing to make C1 competitive and on the same level as FB, Google or Amazon

Svantaggi

- My biggest gripe was that it was kind of a cult. They kind of force you to do these "happy hours" on Fridays on Zoom, and other various, kind of cringey "team-building" events. As I said , they are a great company, it just seemed you HAD to drink the "company kool-aid" or you would not be considered "one of them" and might be then forced out of the company. You also have to work a lot with the business analysts who write out the projects or "intents" that eventually turn into the Jira card with acceptance criteria, and some of thing can be very ignorant and even conspire against you if they don't like you. Again, there's a lot of little cliques and "clubs" within which was the biggest thing I did not like.

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5,0
20 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Capital One is a tech-first company. Most of the latest tech skills, tools, and practices are implemented. Most teams have interesting work where you learn and get to apply your skills.

Svantaggi

Often, the new development work is assigned to the full-time employees. Access to many of the tools is also restricted to the FT employees

1,0
1 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Pay can be decent compared to GovCon. Some people are a pleasure to work with. Other non-pay related incentives.

Svantaggi

Never heard more nonsensical topics during meetings; people sharing their sexual preferences, flaunting overly dramatic personal lifestyle decisions, diversity to the point of failure, etc. Hearing the term "white guilt" in a professional setting was, well, pretty unprofessional. Stack ranking for performance reviews is a mess. Someone has to have an "F" regardless of their performance because that is what their line of business is allotted. Be prepared to be held responsible for actions any Sr Leadership would just sweep under the rug under their own circumstances. If a manager doesn't like you, regardless of your productivity, you're toast unless you're able to find another LoB to support. HR / AR are just a check in the box and will most likely point you from one to the other and back again without resolving any issues. You'll find yourself curious as to what leadership does as they continue to scrape managerial responsibilities from their plate, to yours. Last but certainly not least; you may find yourself working hard on a project; nights and weekends, just in case that work life balance is feeling a little too perfect. Fret not, someone will surely assist in taking credit for the hard work you've put in. I'm sure none of these things will happen to you, though. Best of luck!

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