Capital One reviews

Cap One is famous for its junk mail - thus, many hours are spent creating work that many people may just throw in the trash = not inspiring. Processes are often drawn out (it may take 3-6 months to create such a letter). Day to day work can make you feel like cog in machine.

The culture has swung toward being too collaborative and committees and group meetings are way overused now. When I started, you could come up with a good idea, run it by two levels of management and then at least get it tested on a small group of customers. Now I have to go to my manager, all of his peers, several other department's managers, a steering committee, (at least) two "project prioritization" groups because none of them alone are allowed to sign off on anything. Implementing good ideas can take 6-18 months over all. And the "cross calibration" system the company uses to hand out promotions and bonuses has completely devolved into a political bargaining exercise between managers.