An OK company that has cool buildings - Senior Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

3.0
22 Jun 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The buildings in Tysons look beautiful on the inside. Definitely does not have a corporate vibe. Feels like an IT company in silicon valley. There's all sorts of unique and creative decorations, layouts, etc. They provide some free snacks and drinks.

Cons

It all depends on your group since it's such a large company. From my experience, they have way too many software engineers, way too many cogs in a giant machine, and everything is too decentralized. Amazed that anything actually works, quite frankly. There was no vision, just myopic two week sprints, that were incredibly fast-paced. Hated the open layout concept. There are also too many H1B people working there, and they sometimes tended to group together and speak their own language. There was no strong sense of camaraderie among the team. Young people have some pros, but they also have some cons.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Recommend
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Pros

Environment was good, food was decent, free food at my location (dont know if it was allowed but it was good)

Cons

The rittenhouse location is managed by a tyrant, he is an incredibly toxic man and upper management make it the most unbearable place to work. Andy will ask you to come in on days you're not scheduled, and then hold it over your head if you don't. Talks about employees behind their backs constantly. No respect enforced employees talked about each other all the time and there was even name calling in meetings, management did nothing. Worst place I've ever worked in my life frankly and affected my mental health in the worst way. Glad to be out out of there. The place itself has potential but the management at the Rittenhouse branch and above them is absolutely terrible in every regard.

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