Capco reviews

As other reviewers have said, the entry-level position here is a joke wherein aging, dilapidated partners talk down to you while paying a salary that makes it impossible to live anywhere near the Manhattan office. I want to touch on how awful my experience was at Capco as a woman of color. I joined Capco through the ATP and left less than a year later; I just couldn't take it any longer! The partners in charge of the program were revolting, making passes at all the women ATPers and constantly inviting them to unofficial happy hours (where more suggestive things were uttered). It was totally creepy watching these old, pasty white men virtually drooling at the new, "exotic", young women who had joined the firm. It was obvious they had something completely inappropriate on the mind, as more than one female colleague revealed to me. Cringe. Getting talked down to wasn't uncommon. My first week, one of the most senior partners running the ATP sat me down and demanded that I give him my elevator speech. As I was doing so, he'd interrupt me and say "Listen, listen!" Listen to what? I thought he was joking around, but he was serious! He then asked me if I knew what the word "perception" meant three times in a row... It was absolutely bizarre! It was like he was treating me as a child. These things continued to happen throughout my employment to myself and others. The most discouraging experience was the indifference I received from one of the firm's top female partners. This lady asked me what university I attended; when I told her, she nonchalantly responded "Oh, that's an okay place." How rude! I later discovered she didn't have a college degree, and is known to do this to junior employees often. Pretty lackluster behavior, if you ask me. The mistreatment and gross behavior I witnessed at Capco made me want to leave for a more progressive firm, which I did. I am much happier now, and would recommend that you do not accept an offer with Capco if you're a minority or a woman. It's just really not our scene; definitely more of a boy's club.

Partners are disconnected from their staff and pay lip service to the idea of being a meritocracy while focusing on profits. Favouritism is rampant, and unless you are a favourite or related to a partner, you are wasting time as far as career progression goes. It's not consulting, it's a body shop.