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Great culture, competitive pay, and benefits

Senior Associate Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Capital One for 2 years
February 23, 2023
Atlanta, Georgia
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Continuous performance and career management: performance reviews on a 6-month cadence and career trajectory discussions in-between.

Engineers can choose between People Leader and Individual Contributor tracks, so they don't have to become a people leader to progress.

Regular raises accompany performance reviews.

Generous 401k matching:

  • 3% automatic company contribution
  • 100% match for the first 3% of your contribution
  • 50% match for the next 3% In total, 6% to get 7.5%.

Health insurance options from Anthem with decent company premium contribution and a $500/yr HSA/FSA employer contribution (+$500 for a spouse on the plan).

Paid AWS certification (required for tech associates) and other training.

Engineers have monthly "Invest in Yourself" days dedicated to training, not work.

Stock purchase plan: put up to 15% of each paycheck towards buying Capital One stock at a 15% discount. It immediately vests, so you can either hold onto it for dividends or sell immediately to essentially boost your pay by 2.25%.

Culture is great from top-down. CEO Rich Fairbank has a yearly all-associate "state of the union" that is very genuine, sincere, and informative.

Regular fun team-building exercises, including cocktail- and dessert-making.

Generous recognition "spot rewards" system that can be redeemed for some pretty cool, relevant, and useful rewards.

Swag. So much swag.

Cons

New hybrid model. If you are <50 miles from an office, you may be expected to come in at least sometimes. It's really a team-by-team basis. I'm full remote and would actually enjoy occasionally coming into an office again, but I know some people would consider this a con.

Regular training around lots of compliance aspects of working in a fintech. Not the end of the world, but it's definitely more than at other non-financial institutions.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
5.0

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