Good pay but at the mercy of your leadership liking you or not - Manager, Product Management Capital One Employee Review

2.0
May 17, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Base pay is good 401k matching is great Last Friday of month is invest in yourself day

Cons

*Work life balance will depend on your group. Mine was toxic but others were not *quiet layoffs are used to reduce headcount. You will likely stay if your manager/director like you enough to voice your “value” * you are assessed on a curve and given a score out of 5. Upper management decides how much of the work force should be in each score range. There will always be people marked below average but are actually good at their job. You can be laid off for performance if you fall below average even once. * a lot of c1 employees in upper management spent their entire career there. They likely understand how to play the rating system game well. *It’s hard to move up especially into senior manager or director level roles. *product management here can be more like project management. *company always has open positions because they are always turning people over based on whether they like them or not *Too many leadership and organizational changes. They say it’s normal but I don’t think it’s a good sign *overall not a place for growth or outsiders

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Good company values overall Great benefits Office was nice

Cons

Depends on department, but culture can be too competitive

3.0
Jun 19, 2026
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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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