Associate Software Engineer - Associate Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

5.0
Oct 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing work culture. Lots of good treatment. I got 4 friends in. 6 more are currently interviewing. You get a promotion like every two years for the first 6-7 years. every promotion your sal increases by 25% Ofc you gotta put in the work...but if you do you'll be making uber level comp in no time. Heres the ladder. Associate swe. senior assoc. principal assoc. master. lead. distinguished. fellow. Usually getting to master takes like 8-10 years but I've met people who did it in 5. Again you get in how much you outwork. also, I feel c1 pays well for the work you do. its good work-life balance. as to how I got this info...I interned there over the summer and set up lunches at all levels across all lines of biz...assoc-distinguished for swe...assoc-svp for product. we got to meet the CEO too. his legit. liked his keynote. overall valid exp. Just doesn't have the recognition like FANG but you get the same FANG exp if not better because they are trying hard to impress. Oh, and there on a hiring frenzy rn...hope this helps. Apply early! Like august

Cons

Small governance. But they listen to people across all levels.

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1.0
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Pros

Environment was good, food was decent, free food at my location (dont know if it was allowed but it was good)

Cons

The rittenhouse location is managed by a tyrant, he is an incredibly toxic man and upper management make it the most unbearable place to work. Andy will ask you to come in on days you're not scheduled, and then hold it over your head if you don't. Talks about employees behind their backs constantly. No respect enforced employees talked about each other all the time and there was even name calling in meetings, management did nothing. Worst place I've ever worked in my life frankly and affected my mental health in the worst way. Glad to be out out of there. The place itself has potential but the management at the Rittenhouse branch and above them is absolutely terrible in every regard.

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