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SolarCity

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Commercial Travelling Installer - Electrician Apprentice SolarCity Employee Review

2.0
Oct 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The crews are Full of great people, Generally nice hotels

Cons

Low pay, "we pay a lower wage because we have an incentive bonus program per job that will exceed your weekly pay and get jobs done quicker." The biggest scam ever! This would be feasible if materials were delivered on time. But they are not. Ever. Never. When materials do come, it is very likely that they are not correct, and a "make it work" phrase is generally said. In which case you will be revisiting that jobsite when it does not pass inspection or quality control. Overtime has been eliminated company wide, only until a job is a week from deadline and only half way completed. We are the installers, we know from day one judging by the system type, size, layout, and working conditions if said deadline is obtainable, which it is often not. Management comes up with run rates (goals for each day) to be completed in order to meet a deadline. Once again if material is not there. Makes it hard to complete tasks. Upward mobility is a dream. They say if you work hard it'll be seen. Not the case. Way to focused on trying to finish a job that isn't a million dollars over budget (actual number) then caring about where you stand skill level wise. One last thing. You'll be home 10% of the time. The rest you'll be on the road.

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Cons

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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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