Toxic Creative Department - Creative Director Capital One Employee Review

-All white male leadership bro club atmosphere. Gave feedback to female creative directors like "perhaps if you smiled more and were more friendly to the (male) leadership team, you could be considered for promotion." -Had very abusive and toxic GCD in place, with over 50 complaints in HR - leadership did nothing about it. Protected him because it "made them look bad if they report someone to HR that they had put up for promotion". -Had very toxic Director in place, lots of HR complaints, did nothing about it -Women creatives of all levels are hired in lower than their level of expertise and have to fight for years to get menial promotions, and fend off feedback like "perhaps if you spoke less in meetings and took notes/smiled more/got a (male) mentor". Meanwhile, men were hired in at top roles, top pay, and promoted faster and more often. -Performance mgmt was a popularity contest, not meant to set people up to succeed or learn -Creatives who spoke up about the toxic culture and lack of diversity in the creative depts, were re-orged and managed out of jobs. -Creative dept ultimately hired an outside consultant to come in and help with morale and issues - after report was issued and very serious charges logged, no changes made, all-male leadership still in place.