Trauma bonding in a toxic, low-paying environment - Anonymous employee Evolve Employee Review

Evolve has been a great place for me to learn the ins and outs of agency life and agency work. I've been able to sharpen the skills I learned while at school but also gained a tremendous amount of new skills. At Evolve, you are given the ability to work on many clients in many different verticals. The executive team is always willing to let you participate in projects you find interesting. The Evolve team, as a whole, is a great group of individuals who care about each other and are always pushing each other to create the best work possible.

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- It's easy to do errands or go home during lunch.

- A troubling salary negotiation tactic is used which involves offering candidates a specific salary initially, but then asking them to accept a significant pay cut for the first three months, with the promise of receiving the full salary afterward. If you accept the pay cut, be prepared to fight for the original salary you were promised. - There seems to be a pattern at the agency where new hires are initially idealized, then progressively devalued, and, at about three months, new hires are ultimately discredited, which conveniently coincides with the promised "salary bump." - If you work 35 hours, you will get paid for 35 hours. If you work 45 hours, you will get paid 40 hours. It seems like you are hourly if you work up to 40 hours but then are salary if you work over 40 hours. Is this wage theft? - I often overheard management making disparaging remarks about employees and clients. This constant negative chatter and lack of respect created a troubling tone for the company’s culture. - Although it might seem like a perk to bring your dog to work, there is a downside: the office sometimes has an unpleasant odor. For example, management’s dog defecated in the equipment room, and the mess was left uncleaned for so long that it dried into a thick, flattened pancake. I ended up leaving before it was addressed. - The turnover rate is staggering for a reason.