It's going down fast - Guest Experience Specialist Evolve Employee Review

1.0
Jun 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote work and that's about it.

Cons

When I started at Evolve I was so impressed with their focus on culture and our experience as employees. They did not pay attention to the changing short-term rental markets in 2022 and hired constantly. In May 2023 they laid off 30% of the company includings folks who knew just about everything about the business. In other words, they laid off people who were central to the business. In September 2023 there was a second layoff and it was handled really poorly. They went with off-shore employees who can't keep up with the company volume. Inay 2024 they laid off more central people during another restructuring. We are thousands of cases behind with less bodies to to the work. You will be micromanaged all day long. It's the most depressing place I've ever worked. Don't bother applying unless you're prepared to be laid off.

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Evolve Response
1y
Thanks for taking the time to leave your review and for your feedback. We understand that we have been through a lot of uncertainty and change, and encourage you to reach out to your department leader to share your feedback and ideas for how we can help you feel more trust and confidence in our direction. We do have processes in place to ensure teammates are meeting expectations of their role in order to ensure equity of work for all teammates and provide a high level of service to our owners. Our intention though is never to make teammates feel they are micromanaged and we will continue to work with our leaders to balance our business and Evolver needs.

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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
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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.
1.0
Jun 8, 2026
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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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