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SolarCity

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PV Designer II - PV Designer SolarCity Employee Review

2.0
Jun 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Laid-back, young co-workers and boss. Ability to work remotely depending on immediate supervisor. Free coffee and tea. Great work events.

Cons

Design department is overly focusing on metrics. Low base salary - with a slow season, you may only be able to earn base salary. During busy times, you will be pushed to design very high numbers of PV systems, leading often for you to work evenings and weekends. Design Team Leads (your immediate supervisors) were usually promoted because they were good PV designers, but were not required to have good management skills - this will be apparent when you'll work. This unfortunately can hurt your team and you eventually if not properly guided. My experience is based on the Red Team - the SoCal/Hawaii territory. Other Territorial managers seem to possibly operate differently.

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4.0
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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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