Mixed Bag - Senior Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

3.0
Oct 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good Salary - Good Benefits - Modern Tech (mostly)

Cons

- No stock options - Performance management is ridiculous. Every 6 months you get “stack ranked” against all the other associates at your level in your org and the bottom X% (I’ve heard anywhere from 7-15%) get PIP’ed. Even if you’re in a high performing org they have to cut a certain number of people by mandate. It’s terrible for moral and causes a lot of unnecessary stress, and often ends up forcing out good people. They also won’t account for personal circumstances *at all* so if you have a major medical issue for one performance period well… good luck.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Note- last year there was 2018, would not allow that option. Employee engagement always high priority.

Cons

Note- last year there was 2018, would not allow that option. Highly focused on sales vs service.

3.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the smartest individuals in their fields. The focus is always “forward” and the company is willing to adopt new tech to stay ahead for the purposes of the company’s (key word there) benefit. Great PTO and benefits.

Cons

The company’s drive to keep itself moving forward has caused it to regress in other aspects. As a leading tech company first, and leading bank second, it’s embarrassing what their stance is on hybrid and remote work. The company can easily accommodate remote options for their employees not near main offices, but chooses not to. I am relocating to a major city with no major CapOne presence and their response was “too bad, either fly up weekly or you’ll be terminated for not meeting the hybrid requirements”. It’s embarrassing because most of my week is remote anyways. I wonder how many current and past employees have been impacted, and I’m worried about how much talent they’ll be pushing away in the coming years.

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