Capital One

Pay is good; it's a comfortable job. Work-life balance is great (if you're WFH). The office is cool and serves decent food. Coworkers are nice, smart, and chill (engineering).

I was lucky and got an exemption to WFH after RTO started, but I heard lots of complaints from people who were forced to go in.

Management is a mixed bag. I managed to survive years of PIPs because my manager advocated for me. But then I got a new one, and they immediately threw me under the bus and PIP'd me while never mentioning my apparent "bad performance" in the months prior. A coworker of mine discussed my performance with said manager, and the manager agreed that I had been doing "great" before submitting said performance review.

Communication from the higher-ups isn't transparent. Org changes happen every year; forget about knowing who your leadership is.

You aren't actually helping people with the work you're doing (if that matters to you).

Going above and beyond or trying something new isn't rewarded, which is demoralizing.

Don't punish people for trying to go out of their comfort zone.