Intensely inept leadership - Sr. Manager Evolve Employee Review

1.0
May 15, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home, colleagues, time off policies

Cons

The executive leadership at Evolve has demonstrated they're ill prepared for navigating a company of this size, and many of the people that got Evolve in a terrible situation have since left (Chief People Officer, Chief Finance Officer, EVP Customer Experience, etc). Sadly, these leaders who refused to listen to logic worshipped at the alter of growth with massive technical debts and conflicting vision, eroding the cash balance over the last year. Efforts to educate about unit economics, poor processes, misguided forecasts and simple operations were ignored, then layoffs ensued. The CEO is a joke who wastes company time cheerleading then talking about how things are harder for him than those impacted by his pure lack of ability or self-awareness.

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Evolve Response
2y
Thank you for your feedback and the time you spent at Evolve. As with most businesses of our size, growth is an important measure of success and our philosophy has always been to do so durably and sustainably. This philosophy is proving valuable and has put us in a strong financial position that we believe will continue throughout the year. We wish you the best in your career moving forward.

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5.0
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Pros

the actual job is really easy, and not too many calls

Cons

every job has its pros and cons but nothing too negative

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Evolve Response
4w
Thanks for sharing your experience, and we're glad you enjoyed your role as a VRA. This team plays a crucial role in delivering for our owners and guests. We hold high expectations for all teams and wouldn't characterize VRA work as easy, but we do hope it's always manageable and allows Evolvers to thrive within and outside of Evolve.
1.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful teammates that quickly become the only reason you stick with Evolve, outside of a steady paycheck.

Cons

Too many to list truly. This company is grasping at straws to survive in the short-term vacation rental industry; despite being manhandled at every turn by "partner" companies such as Airbnb. The company is literally always changing the goal post and then blaming the frontline team for not meeting their insane expectations. You will deal with multiple shift bids during the year, mainly to follow their random firing/layoffs that they wish to keep quiet. Constant system changes, staff changes and new responsibilities that are often rushed and not yet ready to be implemented, and an incredible lack of care from leadership. Nonexistent training for all of the new responsibilities you will take on after the layoff of an important team. By the time I left in April 2026, I had taken on partner services, guest support, owner support, listing optimization, booking management, damage claims for substantial incident reports and more. All of which you are expected to complete with back to back inbound calls to uphold the "customer-obsession" role. When they have decided to put you and at least 5 other teammates on the same chopping block, they will claim you were "avoiding work" or "on a call too long" to avoid any accountability for the drastic amount of issues at this company. I have had 7 MANAGERS within a 3.5 year span. If you absolutely have to work here, the only way to get through it is to completely disassociate and be sure to use your 10 EAP sessions...

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Evolve Response
4w
We're glad the relationships you built with Evolvers were meaningful. Evolve is a high-performance, high-accountability environment, and we own that. When expectations aren't being met, we address it directly. If there are specific concerns about how your departure was handled, we want to hear them—please reach out to people@evolve.com.
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