Run! - Branch Ambassador Capital One Employee Review

1.0
May 26, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are good for an entry-level job

Cons

• Understaffed branches/now they are going to be purposefully understaffed due to leadership wanting to decrease overhead, which, along with high turnover leads to more stress among current staff. • Unrealistic expectations from leadership who works outside of branches, no understanding from leadership as to the inability to get everything they want done. • Internal mobility is almost non-existent. Other job families seem to frown upon those who try to come from retail banking no matter your background/achievements. Some departments actively go out of their way with qualifications to disqualify those who wish to move up internally. Upwards mobility in branches is no longer a thing, as the current slate of managers usually have two branches and won’t be going anywhere any time soon. • Employees who work from home and do a portion of the job Ambassadors do without having to present a certain brand expected of us in-branch make more money than Ambassadors do. • Customers can be abusive which can lead to an extremely toxic work environment with the other factors added in.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

I have been a part of Capital One for more than 20 years, most of my career. It was an exciting growth culture in the early years. Our team culture was very strong. People looked out for each other and worked toward a collective good. Around 2019 a shift began in leadership. Politics became more important and forced distribution, stack ranking, and performance management targets became more prevalent. When the pandemic hit, it broke the strong in person culture of this company. Many left for the lure of FAANG and other companies offering remote work for promotion and higher pay. It was a chance to jump the line and come back later. In the meantime COF hired people who tired of the relentless pace of Amazon, Google, and other tech companies. We also hired in big bank culture of JPM Chase and Goldman. This has resulted in a toxic, political, cutthroat culture with constant reorgs. I’m planning to leave this organization in the next 12 months. It is sad what it has become. I know tenured leaders, great people who look out for others and have helped me succeed over the years, who are miserable here. DFS colleagues from the acquisition are leaving in droves.

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