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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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Great Company if you stay on their good side - Field Energy Consultant SolarCity Employee Review

3.0
Jan 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company mission and the CEO's are driven for their cause. The sales position I was in is wonderful. The product is a great sell. There are "warm" leads that, if you're good, you can turn into several more "premium leads" (your own).

Cons

The training I received was very quick and way to condensed and fast. They seemingly wanted to get me in the field very quick. Sales reps have to report to customers homes, even if they don't qualify for solar. I was fired trying to help a non-qualified customer (basically waiting my time, but the customer was very interested in solar for the future). In trying to get her approved, I broke a company "policy" that I didn't even realize was a company policy! If someone in training told me "If you do this....you'll be fired" I would have never done it, and I would have been one of their top sales people.

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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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