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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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The most innovative company I've ever worked for--truly has the potential to change the way people use energy - Anonymous employee SolarCity Employee Review

5.0
Jul 12, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Young, energetic culture, though that is changing as the company grows. Great, genuine people No weak links among the departments - strong sales and marketing, great products and services, engineering, field operations, etc. The founders, Peter and Lyndon, are very hands on and have great instincts, but also have integrity and don't have the "edge" that you sometimes get from visionary leaders

Cons

Extremely fast pace, even for Silicon Valley, guess this is good and bad but can make work-life balance difficult sometimes The culture is changing as the company grows - this is inevitable and happens to all companies at SolarCity's stage, but SolarCity's culture is so unique that it's still kind of a bummer The company has outgrown its available parking at headquarters, which is pretty annoying.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Mar 22, 2016
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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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