A great opportunity at first but quickly eroded due to toxic culture and management - Engineer Sunrun Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Sunrun's business model is extremely innovating and inspiring Great energy from young, recent college grads who are enthusiastic about the renewable energy industry Free snacks in the kitchen Close to BART Startup environment can be exciting and a great place to learn Very smart and talented individuals throughout the company

Cons

The highest politics per capita of any company I've seen A lot of the enthusiasm I (and others) had when starting has been drained away by terrible management and a questionable corporate culture Management seems very "out of touch" with the employees and reality when dealing with established business practices (corporate compliance, best practices, security, etc). Some practices seem quite questionable and unwise. Startup environment can be excruciating (other people who have been at enterprise size companies seem to have forgotten how to function in growing business environments) Some execs seem to enjoy terrorizing employees with "environmental" practices which aren't well thought-out; personal attacks on other management and acting petty. Too many expensive consultants implementing projects while the employees' needs are not being met Nebulous employee development, terrible employee review system and career growth (if you can stand it more than 1-2 years there's literally nowhere to advance)

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Flexibility In Terms Of Taking Time Off, clocking in/out Great Base Salary, Especially For A Sales Job Friendly Manager and Team

Cons

Poor Communication Lengthy Unnecessary Training Unrealistic Sales Goals No Employment Guarantees They started cutting hours when sales quota wasn't met

1.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay per hour isn’t bad and you just kind of walk around the store and no one from the company will really check up on you besides whoever else is scheduled with you

Cons

Such a disorganized company. The stores you get sent too is based on your address I had put a different home address for personal reasons and explained I actually lived somewhere else said they’d made accommodations, they lied and didn’t even though they could’ve. They change their standards whenever they want I got fired because of a requirement they changed mid employment, I was making the requirements that was told to me when I first got hired but after a month they decided to change it and let me go the same day because I “wasn’t meeting that requirement” when it literally was just made up. So many pointless meetings everyday where they just repeat the same stuff everyday. The only successful people at this position are people who constantly harass customers in the store and so many people would get banned from certain stores due to complaints but the company will not punish them or anything if anything they almost encourage this behavior. Do not work for this company they’re a scam. They say they offer a “rate reduction” program to homeowners but it isn’t, they just want to get people trapped in a long contract for years that they just keep raising prices. They are not an honest company. The hours are terrible it is mandatory that you work every weekend and they make it a huge deal if you try to take it out saying you can get written up for it.

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