Cool industry, horribly mismanaged, directionless company - Anonymous employee EVgo Employee Review

2.0
Apr 4, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* Every tenth employee is a tuned-in, critical thinker, technically and/or business savvy types * Great long term growth potential in industry (but see below) * A lot of low hanging fruit for high quality hires * Flexible and unlimited PTO * Health insurance pretty good * Phone and internet stipend is nice perk Overall nice to work for a company that supports vehicle electrification when 27% of US CO2 emissions are from vehicle transportation

Cons

* Everyone in C-suite is first timer and it shows * Everyone I've met above director level is completely incompetent * Lots of politics, conflicts of interest, and nepotism sprinkled throughout, performance means nothing * Company is over focused on quantity of sites, completely disregards quality. * No integrity, transparency, or accountability anywhere in the org * Company is falling behind the industry because our leadership failures are showing * Budgets are getting slashed across the board * Just laid off 40+ people, from what I heard low severance pay * 401k match got revoked in 2023 * Barring an acquisition or major re-org, we're headed for certain bankruptcy inside of 4 years

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5.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent, inclusive, and supportive company culture; strong senior management; weekly all-hands meetings featuring the CEO; growth & advancement opportunities; compensation; training & enablement team; getting connected events

Cons

Greater opportunities to meet in-person with colleagues other than once a year at EVgoU

1.0
May 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay, ability to work hybrid or from home in some roles, a few great managers

Cons

Complete lack of transparency, disorganization, each team is it's own island fighting for what it needs. Upper management doesn't take deployment's advice and perspective into consideration when setting yearly goals (which were unrealistic and flagged as such). Upper management seems to have no experience in actual deployment or construction projects, which shows itself very loudly. Employee concerns and requests are met with silence. HR department is unprofessional and rude.

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