Terrible, delusional leadership - Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

1.0
Nov 18, 2023
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Pros

Pay and benefits were competitive

Cons

“Strategy” consists of 4 days of the CEO talking AT you about, no lie, how the discovery of electricity led to the invention of computers. Amazing insight from a bank that wants to think of itself as a tech company. Onboarding new hires is one size fits all. Stacked ranking performance reviews reward managers who can BS, and ICs who gate keep knowledge and pretend they work alone/the team doesn’t exist. 15% of workforce was mandated to be placed in Below Strong ranking and automatically put on performance improvement plans. This is a ploy used by leadership to fire massive amounts of employees without calling it a lay off. Teams were reorganized 3 times in less than a year of service. Remote employees treated poorly, preferential treatment given to those who commute to the office. Haphazard plan and no transparency for requiring RTO.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Great culture, supportive leadership, and meaningful creative work with opportunities to learn and grow.

Cons

There can be a learning curve due to the size of the organization and the number of internal tools and processes.

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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