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SolarCity

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Horrible Immature Company - FEC SolarCity Employee Review

1.0
Dec 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours and depending on your manager, you may or may not get consistent information. It is highly likely that what you are taught in training will have changed by the time that you complete training. You will be expected to know the new information, regardless of what was taught in training.

Cons

Company was in a high growth phase when I was hired, almost a year ago. After recent negative market news Company abruptly changed strategy and introduced new metrics for individual performance. Training from experienced former Field Consultants is full of information that conflicts with current situation. Metrics reporting that management relies on is broken. Frequent internal application outages indicate an immature internal infrastructure. Company sells sales collateral to employees. In 30 plus years of selling, I have never had to buy sales collateral. Company wants Field Consultants to generate their own leads, but if you make a mistake in data input, due to being new and not understanding the strict lead ownership rules, while entering self generated leads, you eventually lose ownership of the self generated leads. Many promises made during the interview process, e.g. assigned mentor and number of company generated leads. All false. Company is trying to Performance Manage many people out instead of laying people off. Takes 3 Plus months to earn commission, if you leave or are separated before a customer install, no commission for you. Solar is a viable future but this company has many issues. Enter at your own risk, you may generate sales for which you will never be paid.

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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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