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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

Is this your company?

Company in disarray, stay away - Field Energy Consultant SolarCity Employee Review

1.0
20 Jan 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Regular Paycheck -Getting to say you work for Elon Musk -Your Co-workers

Cons

This company is driven by its stockholder's interests, not the customer's or the employees. The products and customer service are sub-standard. To get a project to completion you often times have to fight inside sales and the incompetent "concierge" team who will harass your customers with phone calls, rude site surveyors, installers that are overworked and underpaid will leave a bad taste in your customer's mouth. Its difficult to get referrals and every project feels like you have to babysit it. Upper management uses scare tactics to motivate its team members and management. They change their mind about what they want in performance metrics every couple of days and use extremely inefficient practices that do not result in installed solar systems. They do not provide their sales associates with the tools they need to succeed. Installations take so much time to happen that there are cancellations left and right. The benefits are minimal and deductables are high. If you are a consultant here don't expect to have any days off.

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21 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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Cons

Having to make numbers and sales

4.0
22 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Just to quantify my review a bit, I am within the top 10% of inside sales reps within our 12,000 person company. It is a great place to work and people doing well ARE able to make good money here. The executive team ALWAYS has a platform for reps to help make SolarCity a better place every quarter. They involve the top 20 reps each quarter in various ways to help their peers through an interactive group called Team Elite. Executives, VP's, Directors, and Managers are always willing to help and go to bat when there are issues with things that need to be fixed. The direction of the company is consistent and although the company is large, decision makers work as hard as possible to steer the big ship quickly when necessary.

Cons

Knee jerk reactions with decision making at a director level create issues from time to time. Culture has had its ups and downs due to HUGE growth last year and subsequent high attrition rates.

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