I departed Discover in Jan 2025. Discover offered a over arching payout for those who wish to Opt-In and depart. I took it since I had reviewed this C1 on this site and was not impressed. I run into a few people who still work for Discover/C1 and... — read more 

Legacy discover employee hoping to be pip’d out so I can return to my country Just want to get a package and not quit. Q1 is over already, when do pips usually come?

I keep getting an notification in the mail of some settlement that I was unknowingly a beneficiary between 2018-2026. I got a similar notification from another competitor and then was sent a check for $20.00. I'm not expecting anything from C1, but... — read more 

From Bloomberg: Capital One will lay off 1,139 employees after acquiring Discover Financial Services in 2024. About half of the layoffs affect Illinois workers, mainly at Discover’s Riverwoods headquarters. Additional employees work remotely... — read more 

Over 800 calls in a month 3 reviews and they want to review only the bad parts as they need to remove people they made slaves do very little pay CEO makes millions ! Cap one isn’t going to wear me out

Capital One is frequently described in employee reviews as having a high-pressure, "toxic" environment characterized by intense micromanagement, strict metrics, and a "hire-to-fire" culture, particularly in customer service and tech roles.

I would do this and so hard they don’t care about you they only care about bob the fake AI this is a bad place to work very toxic

Capital One laid off a bunch of Discover associates on Feb 23, 2026. I'm also one of the impacted person unfortunately after Capital One and Discover merger finalized and completed. Estimates number is 1500 to 1700 people (%15 of Business... — read more 

Sadly, I have fallen behind on medical bills and credit card balances are almost maxed out. Does the company monitor this type of thing— associates pursuing bankruptcy or debt settlement ?

I applied for an Administrative position there and got an interview scheduled. Should I even bother?? Are layoffs common there? I'm dealing with my 5th layoff due to corporate restructuring - I can't handle another unstable workplace! Should I just... — read more 

The Ohio and Riverwoods based Discover Card Technology teams took a decent hit today. Sent them an email to join a meeting this morning and gave them the news, then said there would be a meeting later in the day with the severance details. It’s late... — read more 

It didn't take c1 long after they announce to buy a 5.15B company to sh*t on their existing employees.... what's not in your wallet for much longer?

If you go to the Illinois WARN notice https://dceo.illinois.gov/workforcedevelopment/warn.html The Nov 2025 says there will be 2 additional layoffs in 2026. Does that mean two more rounds of layoffs?

Anybody else panicking knowing what's coming and seeing the job market only get worse and worse?

The combined total of 75,000 full time employees with 50,000 at c1 and 25,000 at discover will lead to a 20% quota of employees to be fired in stack rankings, a total of 15,000 employees out in PIPs for termination with low or no severance.

Horrible the way those making the most Money are targeted with bad performance reviews without discussion until time reviews are shared. If your not supported during the review discussion your targeted as the one who is put on a Coaching or... — read more 

Thoughts? Any Capital One layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

I took one of those Capital One job test. 4 questions in 1 hour and a few minutes. There is no way you can complete it. At the question 3, everything starts scrambling itself. they collect some confidential data like last 4 of SSN and ID with... — read more 

Stack rankings combined with trying to be more like Amazon has hurt the work environment. You end up focusing more on how you can present the impact of your work during performance management instead of true collaboration and creativity. They are... — read more 

How are they lining up discover employee reviews and C1 if the rating systems are different?

I’m over the whole “we’re one big family” nonsense Capone tr--s out every chance it gets. The minute trimming heads boosts numbers, whole groups vanish like they never mattered. The slogan is just a guilt trip to keep us quiet while they cash in... — read more 

••• Capital One’s Indian Mafia Exposed: Massive H-1B Kickback Scheme Displaces American Workers Capital One’s Indian Mafia Exposed: Massive H-1B Kickback Scheme Displaces American Workers https://thevisafiles.substack.com/p/capital-one

https://thevisafiles.substack.com/p/capital-one

Capital One offices and amenities now open on Fridays. They are totally doing that because SOO many people want to drive in Fridays 🙃. Get ready for full time RTO

Illinois companies reported 1,722 mass layoffs in September 2025, with Capital One leading job losses following its merger with Discover and restructuring in Riverwoods. Chicago saw 726 layoffs across six employers, including Spirit Airlines, Weiss... — read more 

did layoffs happen in Oct?! In September I had so many people I knew get laid off but last week when I thought we were going to have layoffs, I heard nothing!

Has anyone ever come out of a pip successfully? What’s the longest anyone has ever been on a CP before they were put on PIP?

Notice date was 8/15/25. 193 employees to be let go in October 2025. 22 more to be let go in May 2026. https://www.illinoisworknet.com/DownloadPrint/Aug%202025%20Monthly%20WARN%20Report.xlsx

You would think if you were getting a $20+ million dollar compensation package to eventually fire most of Discover, that you’d have the courage to do it in person. Classy move Dan. Doesn’t seem like the culture at Capone would be worthwhile to stay... — read more 

The layoffs will take place in phases over the next eight months, though most of the positions will be eliminated by mid-November. https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2025/09/23/capital-one-discover-layoffs-illinois.html

This has to really impact the company with all the H1-B folks who work here. I wonder if suddenly the PIPs slow down and the company starts to value their local workforce a little more since I would expect the cost of using H1-B went way, way up.

Company: Capital One Financial Date: October 17, 2025 (193 workers), and May 1, 2026 (22 workers) Laid off: 215 These layoffs are tied to a decision by Capital One to exit Discover’s home equity and refinance loan business, which had been part of... — read more 

Super massive layoffs are coming to card, in the form of pips after the discover merger!

Anyone has any idea if you leave within a year of joining, will they make you pay back the bonus? What if you get piped within a year? Background, joined recently and I’m shocked. Engineering talent is mediocre, and the politics is too much. I knew... — read more 

Cap 1 let go of a ton of Card workers today. Can’t say I'm surprised especially with this discover merger. But I am surprised how insensitive they were about the entire thing.

Are you a UK-based employee who has been laid off? Are you in the +40 age category? Were you blind-sided by this or did you see it coming? Please share your story.

DFS employees, run for your life! Capital One is famous for hiring and firing and also merging with other companies and then laying off/firing all the workers from the company they merged with a year or so later. Do some research on the HSBC merger a... — read more 

Capone CEO is going to be replaced by discover CEO