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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

Is this your company?

Could be worse... - Field Energy Specialist SolarCity Employee Review

3.0
Apr 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The sales team is motivated to increase solar installs You will learn how to hustle They provide a Microsoft Surface for work You will gain experience in residential solar industry

Cons

This is Sales... There are possibilities to earn great commissions but you will not get paid to learn how. For every 8 leads avg is 1 close so you have to hustle every day. If you miss 5 closes in a month you're put on verbal notice with no Memory of previous month performance. There are zero commissions paid in a month until 5 closes are meet. After that hurtle, closes 1- 10 pay $100 a piece before tax. You will spend 40hrs a week standing in Home Depot or Best Buy talking to anyone walking into the store. Weekends are mandatory if you want a Fri,Sat, or Sun off you must submit vacation day request in advance. If you can live on $30k base salary before federal and state taxes & before medical insurance premiums you might be ok in this role. If not, this won't be for you. They will NOT negotiate starting salary.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Mar 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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