Pros
Great entry level position for a college graduates or for someone looking to begin their career with a company that has great vision to change how electricity is produced, to lower utility costs paying for power. There is a great benefit for the use of solar panels for homeowners and businesses; long term savings with a great warranty and maintenance program. If you enjoy building relationship and helping others, solarcity offers this opportunity. With Elon Musk innovations with new technology the future looks bright.
Cons
Solarcity is a very fast paced environment with constant change. Communication is poor throughout the organization and has tremendous operational issues supporting its sales team who are responsible for closing sales and overseeing the solar project to get installed. There are many steps in the process that requires constant monitoring of the necessary action steps to get a design approved, resident inspected, permits approved, and financing. There are many projects that are stalled and set idle for long periods that affect the relationship and commitment communicated to customers. This causes cancellations and therefore affects commission payouts for consultants. The partnership relationship with Home Depot and Best Buy is heavily relied upon to generate new sales opportunities; customers have become aggravated by solar city's approach in these stores to set appointments. Very poor training is conducted by inexperience trainers with limited resources to properly equip associates to be professional and effective to achieve desired results. Management is enforced through intimidation and reckless abusive addressing project issues and sales performance. There is no code of confidence and the culture lacks building a trusting environment and loyalty. I am disappointed with how people are treated and the level of respect displayed towards the people that work hard to make a difference for homeowners. Consultants however are only valued for their last month performance. It doesn't matter if one has a long history with solarcity. Your career is in jeopardy if your sales have be challenged for a 60 period. Solarcity is truly an organization riddled with low morale, high employee turnover, customer cancellations, poor leadership and and weak strategic plan to go to market.
