Capital One

Flexible schedule and good benefits

Many teams and departments have no idea how to identify and retain talent.

Developers are hired with no actual vetting of their skills, to the point you wonder if they have ever written software before.

The appearance of results is more important than actual results, so a lot of people move up through the ranks simply knowing how to sound like they know what they are doing, regardless of actual ability.

Many managers and team leads are poor at mentoring or coaching their hires, giving them unrealistic tasks with no guidance and expecting other teams to provide support and problem-solving.

Senior company leadership is completely out of touch with what actually goes on, only hearing about issues after they have been filtered through multiple levels of management.

Get out of meetings and engage with the people in your department doing the work.

Spend less time focusing on buzzwords and company culture and more on actual problem solving and results.

Make sure the people you hire can actually do the job and vet their skills and experience.