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SolarCity

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SolarCity reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(2,336 total reviews)
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Lyndon Rive

84% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

SolarCity has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,336 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SolarCity 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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2K reviews
1.0
Aug 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not much by the time I left.

Cons

Change can be good but now when its chaotic and this place is full of chaos. They react, badly, to everything. Cut pay and make hollow promises. Working in the call center started out great and ended horribly. They hired from outside the company to run all of sales and made a bad choice. Pay is well below industry standard. Was promised 60-65k first year and made less than 35k, and I always meet my goal.

2.0
Jul 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great product and high moral at corporate level. Good benefits for those who end up staying for any length of time.

Cons

High turn over. I was there for little over a year. By the time I left I was the most senior person on the sales team. They seem to hire lots of reps and then get rid of the ones they don't like. Kind of the throw mud against the wall and see what sticks philosophy. Not a lot of support or loyalty to employees. They want "one visit closes" meaning you need to get a signed contract at the first meeting with a prospect. They are looking for a high pressure, manipulator, used car salesman type of sales rep. During my 13 months at SC our compensation package changed 3 times. Each time was a sort of repackaging of salary and commissions, and after taking out all the hype, each time resulted in less pay. When I started I was informed that half of my appointments would be set for me and I would get the other half from working in Home Depot. What I found was that appointments were given out under a system of favoritism that SC encourages. In the end there were no appointments being given to me and as the Home Depot market is being exhausted fewer appointments are available there. Their answer was door to door cold calling.

1.0
May 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have a position for everything. When a job gets sold, it literally gets handled by a dozen people before it gets installed.

Cons

With that being said, many details get left out and the left hand forgets to talk to the right. Insane demand and hours. Kiss your family good bye.

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