Capital One

They value work/life balance a lot.

Expect to work no more than 40 hours a week unless you have a really unfortunate manager or you yourself really want to.

Also, expect to be able to fully take advantage of all of their awesome benefits.

If you want to take a class, or have a baby, they will pay for it without a second thought.

If you have COVID, don’t feel embarrassed about taking that unlimited sick leave to get better.

Also, the pay is pretty good for the DC area with decent opportunities for growth (especially if you get hired in Card).

They say they are doing remote in various positions, but I’ve heard horror stories from more than a few people. People are getting hired remote, but it’s not written in their contract, so they get mandated to visit the office anyways. Other people have guarantees from managers, but HR doesn’t agree years later. Also, they are trying to say they aren’t doing layoffs, when in reality they are doing everything but to copy Silicon Valley for the shareholders. There have been mass layoffs of anyone who got below a certain threshold of reviews, labeled as “fired for the employee’s poor performance”. I think the remote debacles are on a similar note as well.

There are great managers and less than great ones. My favorite manager I’ve ever had was my last one at Capital One, who I worked under for more than 3 years. For the good ones, keep up the good work. For the others, know that the internal transfer process is exceptionally easy.