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Evolent Health

The culture at the Virginia office will have you eager to be a part of the company! Beware if you are educated and minority working in the Indy office... They're initial requirements are that you be certified in your field but none of your peers are, so if you are credentialed and your team lead Isn't you will have real issues! They do not train you on systems, do not provide you with training materials but complain about the company not having it together. Well my analysis is that the company made a mistake of taking 50+ year old IU employees, calling them Pharmacy Technicians and making them managers and team leads when they weren't managers, pharmacy tech's or team leads for IU! The "Manager" takes orders from a whiny 50+ year old team lead who has never led anyone or worked as a pharm tech a day in her life! These people will make you question the company and their goals for the Indy office. My first day of work there the manager let me know they had inferiority issues when she told me that she chose me over another Technician because she had leadership potential and she was afraid she may try to take her job! Well the way I see it is if someone is better at the job than you and more qualified then that's what the company needs! Instead the "Golden Girls" gossip all day and talk about their co-workers! Good thing I'm educated and credentialed because I walked out mid day and landed a position with a company that embraces knowledge and believes in equality! Oh yeah, on my orientation day I was to have lunch with a member from my department but I ended paying for my lunch and theirs! They "left their money at home!" But they took me to their favorite restaurant and the bill was $27.00! I'm still waiting to be reimbursed...

In working at Evolent I found that the culture to be on the positive side. Although, they had a lot of lay offs but they normally sent intimidation as a result. We would normally bounce back but there was always looming feeling that we didn't know when or where it would happen again. They quickly were known for their layoffs. My experience with Evolent is that they underperformed because they cut to many corners and didn't provide employees with what they needed to be successful. The company was really top heavy and didn't take the time to care for their employees who would then take care of them. Management was very inconsistent and not experienced in inspiring people to be there best and providing the space to do it. They provided training about diversity and being able to bring your whole self to work but they didn't read the material. Management is too focused on their titles and making sure that they keep you underneath them and not willing to fill the time with productive conversations but rather waisted time sending off the stay in your place and I/ we know everything better because we are Management. Instead of just listening and taking the time to understand or find out a different perspective being that maybe the people in the field had more insight. Although,  I wasn't really heard often and was penalized for not being able to grow in an environment that was not supportive - I learned a lot. Evolent is like a small child they can never take the time to investigate the direction they are trying to go before they make the change and they never evaluate the issues and maybe the reasons behind them. They just change direction without a test run or so much as a focus group. I hope for their sake they can get out of they can get out of their own way and invest in their employees and let them be great. If they are allowed to shine they will make the company shine. 

Money makes the world go round. But what happens when the money stops coming in? In Evolent's case, c-suite turns the hoses on for management. Management starts to micro-manage and set unrealistic standards. They start focusing more on how to attract more business without taking in consideration that you need to maintain the business you do have. Once you start to rush your employees to get things done, mistakes start to happen. Clients get upset and take it out on you, the employee. Once they get everything they can out of you, they'll turn you lose. They can't afford to keep so they will fire you (with or without cause). 
Don't take my word for it. Let what they did with employee benefits tell the tale about how much they value their employees. All staff used to get 25 PTO days. Now, salary staff has unlimited PTO while hourly staff starts with 15 PTO days. 401K used to be a 4% match. Now, they will only match at the end of the year ONLY if you are employed for the full year. So even if you start in January and are laid off in November, you will receive no match. ALSO, there's part of your 401K that are not entitled to unless you are with the company for 5 years. Considering how many layoffs there have been recently, this is a win for them and a loss for employees. No one received a raise. Bonuses should've been handshake showing their appreciation, because the amount was insulting.
They hired an entire class of claims adjudicators and laid them all off within the month. They promote this culture of "failing forward". It's more like "failing fast". 
Beware.

Working at Evolent gave me valuable exposure to value-based care and the realities of transforming healthcare delivery. What stood out most was the mission-driven culture: colleagues were genuinely focused on improving outcomes for complex populations and bridging gaps in fragmented care. I always felt that my work contributed to something larger, and that sense of purpose carried through day-to-day operations.

The company provided strong opportunities to collaborate across functions, from clinical teams to strategy and technology groups. That cross-functional exposure helped me refine my skills in care coordination, compliance, and project leadership while building confidence in translating operational challenges into system-level solutions. Leaders were generally supportive of professional growth, and I had the chance to sharpen skills in areas like process improvement, audit readiness, and workflow optimization.

Like any fast-moving healthcare organization, there were challenges: priorities shifted quickly, and not all teams had the same level of structure or resources. That environment demanded adaptability and a willingness to solve problems without always having a playbook. For me, that stretched my leadership and gave me resilience that I carry into every role now.

Overall, I’m grateful for my time at Evolent. It was a meaningful chapter in my career, one that equipped me with both technical and leadership capabilities, and prepared me for more strategic roles in healthcare operations and transformation.

Management is horrible and terribly MIS-manages people.  Management is disgraceful, disrespectful and takes zero responsibility for their screw ups not to mention, a tad bit racist. 
It appears if you goof off, play games & shop all day on the computer as well as sham your position you will actually be advanced.  Many times when people should have been fired for doing absolutely NO work at all, a new position was created for them in order to give them another chance to do better while at the same time theses same ppl make bonus & bonus is based off of performance.  When people actually did their jobs with proven results they were ridiculed, torn down and oppressed. Rules which they're quick to call policies are made up by the seat of their pants depending on who you are. Pay close attention and follow up on what's told to you because when you got to look up a so called policy spoken of, none exists.  People will insult your intelligence at the drop of a dime, there is no loyalty to the employees per management & if you ask too many questions, you're setting yourself up for failure. Performance is based off of your race and ethnicity not off of your actual performance at all.  To make it through the work day you must pacify management's & sometimes certain staffs insecurities.  HR is incompetent and the phone at corporate is NEVER answered.

Evolent Health on Chicago's Riverwalk was one of the most exciting and career driven companies I've worked for. Great view of the Chicago River and all the downtown action from their offices located on the 8th floor of a very nice and newly renovated skyscraper. It was just a 10 minute walk from the Metra train. I felt important, ready to come to work, and committed. Evolent is a "cool" company as management was very relaxed. There was not any micromanagement, one could work at his/her own pace, and the people there were superb. There was a diverse mixture of men, women, and ethnicities performing training and working within management. To sum it up in summers, one could where shorts and polos to work while having a drink on the company at the company! There was opportunity to work from home with company issued laptop which was great during Chicago's polar vortex. Just a great work environment. However the company being established just as of 2011, they still have that "start-up" feel. Somedays there would be minimal to no work to do. So they day became about watching the clock. Other days the workloads would pick-up, but never to unbearable amounts. There were quite a few holes in their management  and business structures which left some clients nervous and scrambling after the government shutdown.

I really enjoyed the work.  The group I worked with were very nice. il I liked going to work each day. The management were very helpful.  I felt really appreciated. I just wish it had lasted . I did the returned mail and also generated the procedure approval letters to the patients for preauthorization of tests  that the doctor had ordered.  I would return in a minute if they called me back. the company is excellent to work for. They do appreciate their employees. they show their appreciation in many different ways. I give them a 5 star The hardest part of the job was leaving. The best part of the job was the kindness showed by the upper management.  I learned how the pre authorization was done and the process of sending   the letter to the patient. each day I completed the return mail and sent back to the nurse that had sent it out. I then sent the approval letters to the patient and doctor. The letters were sent to the people so they were aware of the cost being paid. The only reason that I left was the work load had shifted and the job i had was  taken over by the nurses that  approved the procedure. SO my job was cut in half and they did not have enough work to keep me busy 8 hours.  Also was  advised if the work picked up they would call me back. They also advised I could use them as a reference .That just shows how they cared about their employees.

Company should be called Evo-layoff or Evil-ent. It used to be such a great positive and fun place to work and it was the best job I ever had but it’s become so dysfunctional and toxic that no one cares anymore. The amount of good quality people that have been thrown out on the street due to layoffs is absurd. The amount of quality leaders that have run for the door is also absurd. What’s left are people that have driven a once great culture into the dirt. The CEO is nowhere to be found and when he does show his face in virtual meetings, he repeats the same fake feel-good talking points. 

Communication across the company is completely broken so it leaves people out of the loop but they’re still expected to know what’s happening and are thrown under the bus when they don’t. The company constantly shifts directions and goes back and forth all the time. A few months it’s one thing, then a few months later it’s something else, then a few months later, it’s something completely different and workers are left scrambling to organize and make sense of the wreckage.  

It's sad what the company has become because it used to be such a great great place that you were happy to work at. Now you're micromanaged to death and there's a culture of fear. 


Evolent Health says all the right things, but always falls short. They used to call themselves "Healthcare Tech" but couldn't anymore once all the tech engineers left. They say be proud of your work doing A,B,C. You'll end up doing D,E,F,G,H, and I on top of it.  When I joined a was supposed to get 1-4% raise plus 1-4% bonus, and 1-4% 401K match per personal performance. Within 6 months of working there the goal post moved and it became 1-4% bonus on performance, 1-4% match in 401K based on company performance.and 1-4% raise based on company performance of which there was always complaints that "we can do better, here is your 2% raise". If you look at their stock price since COVID started and their balance sheet, they seem to be doing just fine to fulfill the original obligation! Favoritism is everywhere, people get promoted in under a year while people deserving plus more time get passed up. If they want to retain top talent they definitely shot themselves in the foot. Systems  are archaic and run off VBA. Always breaking and always slow. Then they turn around and get mad you didn't take time out of your personal life to create something else to solve for it. They wouldn't reward you for the effort anyways.

Frequent lay offs (multiple per year), yet struggling to keep key clients because they can't keep up with client needs and contractual obligations. Constant reorganization (I had four managers in a single year). And this keeps happening over and over and over again. Leadership refuses to learn from their mistakes and keeps laying off folks to maintain the bottom line. This is very short sighted, because service to the clients is badly impacted and - TRUST ME - clients are complaining. Those who don't get laid off are left to keep up with an even greater work load. 

Executive leadership is a clique. They must all sit around in an echo chamber, because while they talk a good talk, results are mediocre at  best. Yet they keep their jobs while sucking the life out of the people doing the actual work. 

This job started out great, but once I got a chance to peek under the covers I realized what a disaster area this organization is. I was already looking for a new job when the last round of layoffs happened in July 2023. Now my job just got that much worse, as now I have even more to do. I will be leaving soon.

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