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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

Is this your company?

This place is a meat grinder. - Field Energy Consultant SolarCity Employee Review

2.0
Dec 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The best reason to work for SolarCity is that the product is actually pretty darn good. Affordable, clean solar energy. Good software and support tools to work with. Full benefits and a company car.

Cons

As my review title says, working for SolarCity is a meat grinder. They LOVE to pump the Kool-Aid to their employees about "work/life balance," but the fact of the matter is, you're working CONSTANTLY, and the pressure and hassle is almost unrelenting. Want to spend weekends, or even just Sundays with your family? Maybe take an actual vacation? If you're not way above quota, forget about it. It's important to note that of the thousands of people who sell for this company in the Southern California area, there's probably less than a dozen who have managed to stay there for longer than 4 or 5 years. What does that tell you about the way they treat their employees?

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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Mar 22, 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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