Toxic culture overshadowed by decent compensation - Data Scientist Capital One Employee Review

1.0
Apr 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is pretty comparable to the area

Cons

Performance management is killer. If you have an all-star team they will try to find any little imperfection in your work to grade you lower. If you don' have a manager that will stick their neck out for you, prepare to get PIP'd ( they also tend to PIP newer folks due to politics rather than actually try to onboard them). Working while management is breathing down your neck has made the culture extremely toxic here. If you want to survive here, be prepared to play the politics game-work has become increasingly secondary here

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

working in capital one is very good experience.

Cons

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3.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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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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