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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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Sales Team unstable/quota requirements unreasonable - Field Energy Consultant SolarCity Employee Review

3.0
6 Dec 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Overall company ethics are solid. They do offer a base salary, commissions, bonuses, expense. There is a 401k plan.

Cons

The sales team is very stressful, the company has changed its metrics to Net Final Contracts as its method to decided if you will continue to be an employee. Net final contract means a customer who goes to installation. You can close hundreds of contracts but disqualifications due to roofing issues or shading do not count toward your quota. So only contracts that pass through the entire pipeline are counted. Its a 10:1 ratio for sale and then 50:50 ratio for Disqualification. Makes very stressful for sales agent, difficult to predict if home will qualify, not equipped to go into crawlspace attics to determine rafter structure

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Cons

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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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