SolarCity reviews

1. Pay is miserable. There are people that literally qualify for food stamps while working full time for SolarCity. When you're hired they say you can make up to 100K a year with their bonus structure but that is a complete lie. There is a "clawback" meaning they take money from your bonus every time one of your previous job is cancelled. Also, bonus is taxed at a different rate (40%). You'll end up making your salary $40K plus some extra money that doesn't amount to anything significant. They don't even match your 401k. 2. Lack of vision/communication. Management will say they care about the customer and getting them the best designs available but then they will push you to complete 5 designs a day. Inconsistencies on what is said and what is done are seen everyday. Enormous disconnect among different departments create a toxic environment and have employees playing the blame game constantly. 3. Micromanagement/metrics. SolarCity tends to promote young high performers, regardless of their capacity to manage. This ends up with a management style that overly focuses on metrics, resulting in a tense work environment. You will literally be asked what you did every hour of every day, and questioned when you don't meet their unrealistic expectations. You'll find yourself working off the clock constantly to meet their fantastic demands. 4. Work environment. Truth is, nobody likes working for SolarCity anymore. The constant lay off threat and change of focus is burning out the best employees that are either leaving or just doing whatever is enough to get by, without going that extra mile. I haven't seen anyone that truly enjoys working for SolarCity for MONTHS. 5. Zero opportunity for growth. When I was hired, SolarCity was known for it's fast growth and opportunity to be promoted fast. This is completely GONE. There are no opportunities for promotion or to expand your skills/knowledge to move up. They don't even give you a yearly raise or performance review. 6. Work/life balance. Rotating schedule will have you working Saturdays for 4 weeks, every other month. They would have us working Sundays if they could. Management does not care about work/life balance. They will look at you weird for not wanting to work Friday nights since it's "the best time to work". You will be forced to split your schedule during slow times to meet the quota, resulting in you working on and off for 16 hours.

*The company grew too fast with what seems like no real direction for the past 10 years. *The HYPE...then the LET DOWN. *Not a lot of room for advancement *Lack of communication & visibility between departments *Inconsistency in the department due to lack of knowledge of management *Micromanaging employees with 20+ years of experience *Heavy workload with minimal compensation *Unrealistic weekly & monthly deadlines *Being hired as a temp, but given the same heavy workload & deadlines as a perm without any of the benefits *Long hours during month end deadlines