Capital One reviews

-ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE culture: backstabbing culture encouraged through feedback surveys; you get the feeling that it's like a bad cliche high school movie -their culture forces people to start acting like they are on survivor -existing long term employees are absolutely incompetent both in Canada and USA -HR has no idea what they are doing: do not believe anything they say to you, it is almost always a lie -so much red tape you cannot accomplish anything -very poor compensation package compared to other companies of the same size -old systems that do not function properly -not open to new ideas from new experienced employees -if you are an experienced manager, do not bother coming to this company -be careful when signing your contract, they will try to screw you -they have a great pitch to get you and when you arrive they will sell you on their values, but nobody is actually following through on what they claim -absolutely no work/life balance -if you absolutely need a job, come here but be careful in every aspect and continue looking for a better offer, under no circumstance come here if you are already employed -the only reason why they are rated well in external surveys is because they force their employees to vote this way

Where do I begin? 1. Leadership is always saying they want people to bring new ideas and question how things are done, but if you ever begin questioning things you are quickly shot down. 2. The CEO of the company, Rich Fairbank, touts a work/life balance that seems to apply only to him. Salaried employees are expected to constantly travel and put in hours upon hours of work but when he goes on his annual "Strategy Roadshow" he can't even be bothered to come to Seattle. He spins this as a sweet little story about not wanting to spend time away from his family, but it's just disrespectful. The rest of us spend plenty of time away from our families. FUN FACT: When Capital One says you have the option to work from home, it usually doesn't mean you get to stay home and work. More often than not, you come home from a long day's work at the office and just keep working remotely. 3. As others have pointed out, the annual review process is a joke. Associates are stack ranked against each other and their managers are thrown into the pit to decide who gets what bonus. If you had an incredible year of work but your manager doesn't speak up (or another manager argues better for one of their people, regardless of what they accomplished in reality) you're going to get the shaft. Period. It's a political mess and neither your dedication to the company's values nor the quality of your work have any bearing on your bonus. 4. Possibly because of the review process, there is a culture of withholding information and taking credit for work done by others that permeates through a majority of the organization. I could go on, but this should be enough to make reasonable people second guess accepting an interview.