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Solar Turbines

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Solar Turbines reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(622 total reviews)

Jim Umpleby

72% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Solar Turbines has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 622 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Solar Turbines employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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622 reviews
4.0
Jul 30, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It was and still is a great place to work but a little less so lately.  The work and the unique culture especially 10-20 years ago where employees were trusted to work in a way that provided value to customers. The environment resembled a family run business on a large scale that fostered loyalty and commitment.  

Cons

Over the last 10 years it seems that the corporate initiatives to track and control everything seems to have created a more bureaucratic environment  where employees are not trusted as much to do the right things to make Solar successful. This affect is amplified by rewarding those who spend more time on the tracking, the control, and advertising what they do for a small amount of the time, in contrast to those who spend a greater percentage of their time on the core work (creative engineering, analysis, design, implementation, customer service,...).  

3.0
Jul 26, 2016

Design engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Location, co-workers provide inclusive environment, interesting projects, good vacation, used to have good benefits when I got hired

Cons

Upper management doesn't care about employees, not competitive salary, poor communication from company and management. I'm on here to determine what positions salary ranges are.......

3.0
Jun 29, 2016

Caterpillar

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work to life balance is good

Cons

Caterpillar owns them, which makes it a less exciting place to work. The cat ways are outdated, yet still forced upon Solar.

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