Watch for planted fake reviews!! - Anonymous employee Evolve Employee Review

1.0
Jun 1, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The team that Evolve either laid off or chased out. So they aren't even a pro anymore

Cons

They are creating an incentive program to have people plant good reviews. Please don't buy the "It's great here" reviews and read the OVERWHELMING number of honest reviews. Bad leaders Bad processes Bad communication Lying about outsourcing, it's not for peak season or "transactional tasks". Despite owner and guest dissatisfaction, they are outsourcing nearly all roles. Layoffs Pay cuts Demotion due to the incessant dissolution of vital departments. Massive employee flight They think restructuring is going to save them, 3 restructures in 3 years, that reeks of instability. Refusal to file a WARN act notice for any of their layoffs They ask workers to work off the clock. Apparently it's a "reasonable request" for workers to check emails and respond BEFORE we clock in. Diversity is a joke, they laid off the DEIB leader and mostly defunded the ERGs which nobody can get time to go to anyhow. You will be expected to accept lie, after lie with the pathetic disclaimer that we should Embrace Change. They cannot keep their story straight and they loathe questions about their flailing lack of direction Tech used improperly or incompletely. Duplicate programs cost duplicate the amount but they ignore that. Abysmal culture. The most toxic and ungrateful employer. Senior execs bailing, managers leaving, service roles laid off we can't have half the staff we did a year ago. Lawsuits from guests pending. Numbers over names. They couldn't care less about anyone, just their baseless, inaccurate metrics. The most extreme micromanagement you'll ever experience, and I've got tons of call center experience. You'll be on a PIP based on their poorly operating programs. They do not care one bit about the Evolver Experience. The top of the flywheel is a boldface lie, they've crushed us all underneath it. The company follows an asset light model and has had negative cash flow for some time. The ship has already sunk, to be honest.

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Evolve Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your review. While we always encourage teammates to leave Glassdoor reviews, we can assure you that we have never provided incentive for reviews. We appreciate the additional feedback you have shared with us regarding frustrations and it is never our intention to create the experience you have detailed here. We encourage you to speak with your direct manager or your designated People Business Partner so that we can work together to ensure a more fulfilling experience for you on our team. The decisions and changes made over the last few years were most certainly difficult and were made to put us in a position to be a meaningfully profitable business. These efforts are paying off and ultimately benefit our customers, stakeholders, and teammates alike.

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Pros

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Cons

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Evolve Response
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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.
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Pros

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

Cons

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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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