Enormous Market + Growing Business = Opportunity for Career Growth - Anonymous employee Sunrun Employee Review

5.0
Jun 20, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Sunrun's goals are unusually bold, even for a Silicon Valley tech startup: Sunrun is re-inventing a fundamental consumer experience (residential electric service) and thereby bringing competition to an industry that previously has had none. With goals this big (creating not only a product, but a new product category and a new market), there is a ton of meaningful work to do at the company. Every department, from accounting to engineering, is pushing on the boundaries of their respective fields. In fact, there is more work at Sunrun than there are people to do it. For an employee, this means 1) opportunity for learning and career advancement, 2) a culture that values judgement, particularly when setting priorities, 3) a meritocracy that rewards employees who get stuff done and 4) a work environment where your fellow employees are genuinely excited because they are working on meaningful problems.

Cons

Sunrun is a small company with huge goals and challenges. Unsurprisingly, this means that many things at the company are in flux. If you are the type that wants to grab an undefined project or process and solve it, you will do well. If you are the type that needs pre-existing structure and processes to succeed, you could struggle in the fast-paced startup environment at the company.

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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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