Capital One reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(18,917 total reviews)
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Richard D. Fairbank

75% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Capital One has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 18,917 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Capital One employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
May 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

A chance to learn new technologies in a short amount of time.

Cons

Lots of Klan members in leadership positions Lots of task duplication across teams Lots of wasted money in the cloud Lots of broken applications on demo days Lots of applications that do not function as intended Lots of dead-end projects

4.0
Feb 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Intelligent (mostly), diverse group of work colleagues - In house gym rocks, twice a week personal training sessions included in monthly fee of just $15 - Associates given a wide range of career options to switch. Not boxed in unless you want to specialize. See below for con on promo path

Cons

- Promotion path not very clear or consistent within groups - Home Loans business on a churn and burn path for the last 5 years. Superstars and promotees one day and fired the next.

1.0
Jul 9, 2015

Sleepy job.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- great work-life balance - competitive salary - nice people - if you are in management you will love it to bits (not being sarcastic, you work with great people who pretty much manage themselves) - everything depends on which group/location you're at, I hear some are good though I haven't personally experienced this

Cons

if you are looking for a company where you will never do anything interesting but get paid well for it, this is a great place for you. There is so much red-tape and bureaucracy that you will literally spend 3 months on something that would take 1 hour in a regular technology company. (You only think I'm exaggerating because you haven't worked here. Yes, I was surprised too but it's possible, trust me.) Basically, they hire really smart people who are then told to "wait" before they can do something. Most of the employees think the whole charade is ridiculous but pretend it's okay because the work-balance and salary are good. So you are surrounded by nice folk who share in your misery of having nothing whatsoever to do. You are essentially getting paid to shut up and do things you know are wrong. So ask yourself something, are you prepared to surf the Internet all day long while you wait for someone in another location to become available for a meeting (two weeks from today) which is necessary to be allowed to get started on doing your work? Then you're set. Do you enjoy endless meetings where you are mentally checked out? Then this is a great place for you! Do you enjoy a changing landscape where yesterday's words are rendered meaningless by the new directives of today, which will be equally meaningless tomorrow because none of it matters? Do I have a company for you. If however you'd like to grow your job skills and are worried about becoming obsolete in your profession in a couple of years, avoid at all cost. If you are one of those sad people who like their work to have meaning, avoid at all costs. If you want to come home after a day of work and say, hey, I did something interesting today, avoid at all costs. You have been warned. Choose wisely, grasshopper.

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