Capital One

Really interesting tech, and lots of work to be done.

Managers always hold the "bar" over you. You feel like you need to go above and beyond just to not get Pip'd. This is manager dependent, but the majority of managers just want you to be the most productive person possible. Doing your job is not enough; you have to do more. All these PI Planning sessions where there's this false sense of camaraderie when each team is clearly at a different pace. Everything feels like a high priority, and there are important deadlines all the time. When everything is a high priority, then nothing feels like it. A lot of the work is keeping the lights on. I miss when the ADLs (agile team) were here. Things were way more slower-paced. Sprints are just way too aggressive and under-pointed.