Pros
Good pay. Great 401K company match for employees. Work from home policy for some employees. A few good people keep this place running. Downtown San Diego location close to Little Italy restaurants and on the waterfront.
Cons
The most dysfunctional fuddy-duddy company I’ve seen: red tape, siloed departments, disconnected systems and utter incompetence. Work environment with passive-aggressive overtones. Employees hoard knowledge and go MIA during work hours. Deadlines are meaningless and most put in least viable effort. The corporate culture of a dead fish. The workforce is made up of disengaged contractors (80%) and mostly old timers counting the days to claim their fat pension. All vacation days need to be taken before year end, so the place is a ghost town in Q4, and no work can get done. Many white-collar workers work 6AM to 2PM manufacturing hours even though those are not the standard office hours. Good luck scheduling a meeting with key people after 2PM. Downtown main parking lot is full after 7AM, other parking lot next to airport runway is loud and 10 min walk crossing busy Laurel airport access road. During rain building leaks, floors, streets and parking lots flood. Homeless people sleeping around building, cases of assault during day when getting lunch. Their turbines power the gas and oil industry and have nothing to do with solar. This place is well past its glory days decades ago. Solar Turbines will suck every ounce of ambition and engagement out of you. Your experience may be different, but mine was terrible. Run from this place if you want to stay sane.
