Amazon pip culture 2x - Data Scientist Capital One Employee Review

1.0
22 Oct 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Nice office in Tyson's Corner, VA Company gym High cash TC - but no equity unless in management

Cons

Can only speak to the AI and ML teams. Avoid them at all cost! Every 6 months, forced distributions and bottom is cut. If everyone does above average, your team will be bullied into assigning someone as below average. Doesn't matter how you perform if your manager has his favorites - even if they are incompetent. I've had someone on the machine learning team ask me what gradient descent is. Or if your manager doesn't look out for his own employees because he is too busy trying to save his own job - then YOU are on the chopping block. Poop rolls down hill. You could be hired to meet PIP quota, so you are doomed the day you start. They call it hire to fire. When calculating TC, expect to also add on your severance package. Why does it look like the ML and AI jobs at C1 are having a hiring frenzy? Because they're replacing everyone they pip'd! Entire management tower is full of amazon and meta rejects and pips - toxic culture follows. Already have an offer in hand, will be cruising until I get pip'd next cycle to collect severance and go.

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Pay can be decent compared to GovCon. Some people are a pleasure to work with. Other non-pay related incentives.

Cons

Never heard more nonsensical topics during meetings; people sharing their sexual preferences, flaunting overly dramatic personal lifestyle decisions, diversity to the point of failure, etc. Hearing the term "white guilt" in a professional setting was, well, pretty unprofessional. Stack ranking for performance reviews is a mess. Someone has to have an "F" regardless of their performance because that is what their line of business is allotted. Be prepared to be held responsible for actions any Sr Leadership would just sweep under the rug under their own circumstances. If a manager doesn't like you, regardless of your productivity, you're toast unless you're able to find another LoB to support. HR / AR are just a check in the box and will most likely point you from one to the other and back again without resolving any issues. You'll find yourself curious as to what leadership does as they continue to scrape managerial responsibilities from their plate, to yours. Last but certainly not least; you may find yourself working hard on a project; nights and weekends, just in case that work life balance is feeling a little too perfect. Fret not, someone will surely assist in taking credit for the hard work you've put in. I'm sure none of these things will happen to you, though. Best of luck!

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