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      Evolv Technology

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      Evolv Technology Reviews

      3.2

      33% would recommend to a friend

      (50 total reviews)
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      John Kedzierski

      22% approve of CEO

      40% positive business outlook

      Evolv Technology has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 50 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Evolv Technology employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      3.0
      20 Feb 2025

      New leadership focused on profits at any cost

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Fantastic people. Great salaries and benefits. Noble mission and good values. Also probably The best people ops team I've ever worked with.

      Cons

      Can't seem to shake overwork/burnout culture in R&D dept. Team members brought up their overwork at almost every all hands meeting. Management tried to remedy it with "free days off" but not to much success when people still had to work on these days. Difficult to work with contract manufacturer. New CEO leaves a bad taste in the mouth. He belittled the work of the software engineers in our first R&D all-hands. Let us know immediately when introducing himself to the company that doing something wrong was the quickest way to get fired working for him. Is seemingly obsessed with Elon Musk and SpaceX and Amazon and using their principles at Evolv, an immediate red flag for me. Following suit with trending RTO mandates and requiring people 75 miles away to drive 3 hours in traffic one way to come to work 3 days a week when their job was done just fine at home. Because he flies in from Chicago every week on the company dime to be in the office for 3 days. Aimed to reduce discretionary spend to reach profitability and claimed they weren't going to touch "people spend" aka payroll. Proceeded to lay off 40 of us a few weeks later. In a way I am glad he laid me off. I think I would have hated working for him and been on my way out as soon as I could.

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      Evolv Technology Response
      1y
      We're genuinely sorry that your experience with us was not a positive one. Your feedback is important, and we understand how frustrating it can be to feel unsupported or overworked. We’re actively reviewing internal processes to better support our teams and foster a healthier work environment. We value input from current and former employees and encourage continued dialogue to help us grow.
      3.0
      3 Feb 2025

      Great Mission, Inconsistent Leadership

      Customer success manager
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      Pros

      Work with great people with the same drive to complete a great mission. Good benefits and work life balance.

      Cons

      After multiple FTC and SEC investigations, leadership was scrapped and a new CEO came in, He decided to layoff 40 people that pushed through these investigations and stayed with the company during these tough times in order to save costs yet gladly takes a $540k base, 100% bonus, over 1 million shares of stock and a monthly stipend for air travel, hotel, etc from his home in another state to HQ every week in Waltham. The company has shifted to prioritizing maximizing shareholder returns from taking care of thier employees. They claim to be customer obsessed yet have taken away multiple resources for customers to feel supported and succeed.

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      Evolv Technology Response
      1y
      We really appreciate your thoughtful feedback. It’s encouraging to hear the aspects of the role or team that worked well for you. At the same time, we recognize your concerns and are working to address these. Your insights help us identify where we’re getting it right—and where we still have work to do.
      1.0
      1 Apr 2025

      Leadership train wreck

      Anoymonous
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      Pros

      The mission of keeping guns out of schools Finally fixing some infrastructure and process problems

      Cons

      New CEO does not care about employees or people in general. Zero empathy skills. Wastes precious cash (we are not profitable as he likes to remind us) commuting from his home state. Treats R&D team like children. Messed up yet another product launch. New products cut and innovation is non-existant for this year. The one exec making good changes was let go and others act paralyzed. Employees are burnt-out zombies waiting for the next critis and the culture is dead

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      Evolv Technology Response
      1y
      We're sorry to read this and appreciate the honesty, even if it's tough to hear. Every workplace has challenges, and we’re committed to learning from reviews like yours. We’re actively working on improving leadership communication, work-life balance, and employee engagement—and feedback like this helps highlight where we need to focus.
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