Capital One reviews

- Pretends to be a top tier tech company but far from it. Also doesn't pay like one. - Tech is mediocre at best. Code quality is low because often they just want to get it out of the door asap. - Agile done all wrong. Lots of rituals/formalities but the spirit is not there. - Collaboration between teams/departments is poor - Canada tech team often bottlenecked by US teams/policies - Senior management (director+) is nearly all white - Too bureaucratic

Performance management is based on all managers getting in a room and rating all employees into a forced distribution. The bottom will probably get fired, the top get big bonuses and are more likely to get promoted. As you climb the management ladder its foolish to promote others to your level who are more competenant than you, lest you drop in the distribution. Promoting good people could literally cost you money. There is a ridiculous amount of back biting and upstaging. Also... the layoffs! 1000s of people every year. You can learn a lot hear, but dont stay long unless you want to become toxic.