Capital One

Good first job. Very nice people who work there.

They pride themselves on self-learning, career growth, and the "best" work-life balance. But in my 2+ years of being at the company, I found it very difficult to do anything outside of my assigned work, and the claim of having good work-life balance was a complete lie. I spent far too many days working until the late evening and many nighttime production deployments.

The way performance management/calibration is handled is awful compared to my colleagues working the same position at other companies.

Something to note, though, is that it is a very large company with varying roles. This is just what I experienced in my time at Capital One.