Not a place to work for if you have a family and child - Manager Capital One Employee Review

2.0
Jan 8, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

It is good to enter Capital One if you are fresh out of school. It is a good place to gain the experience and learn the industry techniques. They do recruit quality and smart young students right out of school.

Cons

Capital one is not friendly to workers who has family . Some manager do mention specifically in the department meeting that the minimum requirement is to work 50-55 hours/week. I also heard that some manager requires the employee to be in office from 8:30-6:30 physically- Not a schedule you can handle if you need to drop or pickup kid.

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Pros

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Cons

Never heard more nonsensical topics during meetings; people sharing their sexual preferences, flaunting overly dramatic personal lifestyle decisions, diversity to the point of failure, etc. Hearing the term "white guilt" in a professional setting was, well, pretty unprofessional. Stack ranking for performance reviews is a mess. Someone has to have an "F" regardless of their performance because that is what their line of business is allotted. Be prepared to be held responsible for actions any Sr Leadership would just sweep under the rug under their own circumstances. If a manager doesn't like you, regardless of your productivity, you're toast unless you're able to find another LoB to support. HR / AR are just a check in the box and will most likely point you from one to the other and back again without resolving any issues. You'll find yourself curious as to what leadership does as they continue to scrape managerial responsibilities from their plate, to yours. Last but certainly not least; you may find yourself working hard on a project; nights and weekends, just in case that work life balance is feeling a little too perfect. Fret not, someone will surely assist in taking credit for the hard work you've put in. I'm sure none of these things will happen to you, though. Best of luck!

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