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This felt like high school all over again

Senior Applications Developer
Former Employee
Worked at Capital One for 4 years
March 5, 2015
Henrico, Virginia
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Great people. A select few worked really hard and were there for the right reasons. Wonderful 401k plan, the best I have ever seen at several big companies so far.

They have a gym on campus too, which was great. It cost money though.

Cons

Pretty much everything. Long hours. Overnights. Management wouldn't listen to what changes needed to be made to help the systems be more reliable and less manual labor. I worked with the main website, and it felt very much like a sweatshop. We worked so many overnights when management could have made the right decisions and set up the teams for success. They don't listen to the people who actually do the work, though.

Advice to Management

Read the book "Mindset". Also, listen and really accomplish some of the thoughts of the ICs actually doing the work.

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