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Richard D. Fairbank

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3.0
Nov 2, 2018
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Pros

Great work/life balance. I get in at 10am and leave by 5pm every day. If I come in at 9am for some reason I'd usually be the first person in the office. Not stressful, deadlines are flexible. Pay is good if not particularly high. C1 in SF is a great place to park yourself and make a steady income without having to really care about what you're doing. In fact caring is a detriment, just do what you're told and you'll be fine.

Cons

It's not a tech company, it's a bank. Computers and network are locked down, it's difficult to be productive. I waste more time fighting IT than I waste in meetings! I've worked at other big enterprises in the past, C1 is by far the worst. Boring busywork. Why are we doing any of this again? My team built something that literally made the website significantly slower in order to enable features that no one used. I tried to discuss this but it was made clear to me that was outside of my role and I should just focus on the tasks I was assigned. You definitely feel the fact that this is a satellite office (I'm in San Francisco). We are many layers removed from actual decision makers, and hear anything important via rampant rumors before anyone in management tells us what's going on. On that note, plenty of reorgs, shuffling priorities, and elimination of budget. Even with a strong performance review I got pushed from a team I liked to a team I hate because the budget for the team was slashed by 70%. The stack-ranking system seems to be universally hated by managers and ICs and even the directors I've talked with. It's pretty brutal.

3.0
Aug 1, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are great. Lots of opportunities to work in many different areas and job roles. Typically able to move to a new role without too much trouble (can be manager dependent though). Some teams are more flexible with working remote. There are a lot of internally accessible training courses and Capital One has partnered with a number of external training companies to provide associates access to online training.

Cons

Capital One is a large company, so it is easy to get lost in the crowd. Performance management seems to be based more on who knows you versus what you have done. It can be difficult to get things done because there are so many processes, reviews, approvals, and rules that you have to jump through in order to do actual work. Some of the automation seems to cause more headaches than it has helped to make the job easier. Things change constantly and it can be difficult to keep track of the latest method to do something is. Attending conventions can be difficult or impossible due to limited numbers of individuals being approved to attend. Mandatory CBTs are required on a quarterly basis for compliance reasons, but CBTs are not always appropriately targeted based on job roles, so you will most likely have to complete one or more CBTs that have nothing to do with your job. A lot of groups/teams are meeting dependent, so you may spend an abundant amount of time each day in meetings which may not add much value to your daily work.

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