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Anonymous wrote:Capital One no doubt. Not even comparable.

source: ive worked at both.

Can you give examples of benefits at CapOne?

-Another Poster

WFH as much as you want
6 figure bonuses at Dir level and up
Deferred comp plan for people with enough pay
7.5% 401K match
Subsidized lunch
Unlimited vacation
Good health bennies
Easy low stress 30 hour a week job

What is your role at CapOne? My spouse is "Dir level and up" and WFH as much as you want is not true, nor is 6 figure bonus (10-40 seems about what to expect for the vast majority of Directors). Our copay is far higher than the last two jobs that provided insurance. 30 hours a week is also not even close to what they work - more like 40-55.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Capital One no doubt. Not even comparable.

source: ive worked at both.

Can you give examples of benefits at CapOne?

-Another Poster

WFH as much as you want
6 figure bonuses at Dir level and up
Deferred comp plan for people with enough pay
7.5% 401K match
Subsidized lunch
Unlimited vacation
Good health bennies
Easy low stress 30 hour a week job

Anonymous wrote:Cap One is laying off again. They are a mess. Completely disorganized. Good people are leaving in droves. Many quitting without other jobs. From one week to the next no one knows what they are working on.

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Anonymous wrote:13:50 lol. you made my day!

I don’t work at Freddie but at a big corporation. I’m currently in this position and bored out of my mind. But I have “talent they want to keep”. I guess this is what happens when organizations get too big and are run poorly.

Yea, the crazy thing is Freddie hasn’t been the only place this has happened to me. It was the most absurd example of it to be sure - but I’ve found that it’s pretty easy to end up highly paid and massively underworked if you don’t have good managers who care. The best part about the Freddie story is that when I finally did come back in to quit, half the office had assumed I had just left the company many months ago and was “just visiting”. You can imagine the look on their face when I explained that no, I’d just really gotten into biking and travel.

Sometimes I wonder why I left the job, truth is, I’d probably still be on the payroll if I hadn’t. They just didn’t care.... but I guess my sense of ethics got the better of me.

I had a very similar job as a remote employee in the health insurance industry. When I started I was required to come in to the office once a week. Within a year or so I was no longer required to come in to the office and I routinely would not have any live contact with anyone in my office for 6-8 weeks at a time. No meetings, no calls with coworkers, no messaging, no contact AT ALL from my manager. Nothing. I was a complete island in my "home office". I used to joke that I could die at my desk and no one (at work) would know for 2 months.

I also did very, very little work. I probably logged one hour a day if that. Everyone at my kids' school thought i was a stay-at-home mom.

It was good for a while and then became a major problem. I felt my brain atrophying. I felt like a fraud. I debated quitting for month and years but I couldn't because I worried I'd regret it. Who quits this kind of set-up? Didn't I have it "great"? Sort of. Maybe.

Finally at the 5 year point I was laid off. I was given a great severance package. (so ridiculous!!). Now I'm in my next job and I still somewhat regret the experience because my skills aren't sharp and I missed 5 years of promotions and moving up within a company.

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Anonymous wrote:13:50 lol. you made my day!

I don’t work at Freddie but at a big corporation. I’m currently in this position and bored out of my mind. But I have “talent they want to keep”. I guess this is what happens when organizations get too big and are run poorly.

Yea, the crazy thing is Freddie hasn’t been the only place this has happened to me. It was the most absurd example of it to be sure - but I’ve found that it’s pretty easy to end up highly paid and massively underworked if you don’t have good managers who care. The best part about the Freddie story is that when I finally did come back in to quit, half the office had assumed I had just left the company many months ago and was “just visiting”. You can imagine the look on their face when I explained that no, I’d just really gotten into biking and travel.

Sometimes I wonder why I left the job, truth is, I’d probably still be on the payroll if I hadn’t. They just didn’t care.... but I guess my sense of ethics got the better of me.

Anonymous wrote:Was the redundant office in Texas?

Anonymous wrote:My experience at Freddie was hilarious.

I joined an office that was intended as a “redundant fail safe” post 9/11 - meaning if HQ blew up, they’d be able to keep the lights on because of their redundant teams. Surprise surprise, there was no work to do.

I regularly worked from home M and F. Then I started team golf day on W. Then I started working from home 4 days a week. Eventually I just stopped going in altogether. I had one daily “standup” call at 8am which I dialed into, never got asked a question, and then spent the day doing whatever I wanted.

I tried to volunteer for work - recruiting, diversity hiring, etc - every time I did I got my hand slapped for “stepping into so and sos responsibilities”. Eventually I just stopped trying to find ways to add value, made peace with the idea that if they wanted to pay me to do nothing I’d be fine with it.

I spent about a year at home, cooking, working out and such before I got so bored I went in and quit. By then, the only emails I got were those sent to distribution lists, my manager hasn’t spoken to me 1:1 in 6 months, and I’d stopped even trying to call into the daily meetings because I hadn’t been asked a question for at least 9 months.

When I went in to quit, they offered me a retention package to stay. I stuck around for another 6 months “transitioning” my work to no one.

It’s worth noting I flat out told HR the reason I was quitting was because “I’ve done less than hour of work in the last three months and I’m tired of volunteering and being told to stop”. They STILL have me a retention package.

To say the place was dysfunctional is to put it mildly. I had a fun two years working on my own interests, but for those that stuck around longer, it was a fantastic place to find your skills and employability completely atrophying.

Anonymous wrote:My experience at Freddie was hilarious.

I joined an office that was intended as a “redundant fail safe” post 9/11 - meaning if HQ blew up, they’d be able to keep the lights on because of their redundant teams. Surprise surprise, there was no work to do.

I regularly worked from home M and F. Then I started team golf day on W. Then I started working from home 4 days a week. Eventually I just stopped going in altogether. I had one daily “standup” call at 8am which I dialed into, never got asked a question, and then spent the day doing whatever I wanted.

I tried to volunteer for work - recruiting, diversity hiring, etc - every time I did I got my hand slapped for “stepping into so and sos responsibilities”. Eventually I just stopped trying to find ways to add value, made peace with the idea that if they wanted to pay me to do nothing I’d be fine with it.

I spent about a year at home, cooking, working out and such before I got so bored I went in and quit. By then, the only emails I got were those sent to distribution lists, my manager hasn’t spoken to me 1:1 in 6 months, and I’d stopped even trying to call into the daily meetings because I hadn’t been asked a question for at least 9 months.

When I went in to quit, they offered me a retention package to stay. I stuck around for another 6 months “transitioning” my work to no one.

It’s worth noting I flat out told HR the reason I was quitting was because “I’ve done less than hour of work in the last three months and I’m tired of volunteering and being told to stop”. They STILL have me a retention package.

To say the place was dysfunctional is to put it mildly. I had a fun two years working on my own interests, but for those that stuck around longer, it was a fantastic place to find your skills and employability completely atrophying.

Anonymous wrote:13:50 lol. you made my day!

I don’t work at Freddie but at a big corporation. I’m currently in this position and bored out of my mind. But I have “talent they want to keep”. I guess this is what happens when organizations get too big and are run poorly.