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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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All the red flags - Anonymous employee SolarCity Employee Review

1.0
Oct 14, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Welcomes piercings, tattoos and colorful hair. The idea/dream of two boys in action to create sustainable energy.

Cons

Immature leadership and management who boast about firing people or getting them to quit. There is a complete lack of accountability. The "Solar Coaster" is an understatement for the amount of change there is. They change their the SOP so much the the supervisors admit to not being able to do the job or perform to meet the expectations. I doesn't help that 95% of their time at work is spent gossiping, having who can be more witty. It's was as if I was under the supervision of a group of teenage girls (even the male trainer was as bad as a teenage girl. He even has a "work wife"). I know more about the complicated sex web some of the playboy management has. Then to cover their butts for not doing their job they will go out of their way to find every reason to put you on an action plan, discuss way to make it impossible so they can fire you without question. Yeah, they talked openly about another worker Infront of everyone... TERRIBLE PEOPLE!!!! Just don't. Run! Full of empty promises and can't even afford their grocery bill. Bonuses, unless you can dedicate to wreck your brain over every point and every minute you spend on a job while trying to keep up with the updates via email, blog, and the process guides (2) and do added cases without getting points for them (because per supervisors, "management is to damn lazy to do it themselves"). Over worked under paid, unicorn bonuses and no facility amenity perks. The new building move in date keeps getting moved back, so don't be sold on the perks they sale you. BELIEVE IT WHEN YOU SEE IT. Otherwise, everything that comes out of their mouth, expect the opposite.

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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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