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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
2.0
Aug 2, 2015

Run as fast as you can

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growing company and the ability to make your own hours and make bonus.

Cons

More often than not their is no work yet you are expected to maintain a quota. Management is aware but they expect you to shift your schedule to meet unrealistic demands. You will find your self working passed mid night daily just to have a chance of maintain that quota. Zero work to life balance. As a PV designer you are expected to be the first one in and the last one out. High stress career as you will be accountable for everything that's wrong with the design even if you had nothing to do with it. Expect to have angry sales reps. calling you around the clock demanding to know why you made the design the way you did. Capped overtime as well, everyone has to work for free basically after you run out of hours to maintain quota. Recruiters sell you the dream of making a ton of money through the bonus program without telling you the fine print so to speak. Low base pay and a bonus system that is set up for you to fail. If you are willing to work 7 days a week putting in 14+ hour days then you have a chance at making it here. My advise, STAY AWAY from this position!

3.0
Jul 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great environment for younger people, can be high energy, great place to learn sales techniques before moving to better companies.

Cons

Very disorganized, they want a ton of overtime, they take half of your commissions, they're very high-pressure sales goals and will let you go if you have a bad month regardless of the situation. They aren't very upfront about monthly expectations, you often find out what's expected of you after you've missed the mark, like being set up to fail. The management is very cliquey and favoritism is extreme here. It's promoted as a fun place to work, but really those who play at work get looked down on severely. The environment can be distracting and hard to focus in. There is a ton of sexism here and extremely high turnover.

1.0
Jun 20, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very easy to get a job in any position.

Cons

They have turned their inside sales into a boiler telemarketing room. Don't care about the people. Only about the numbers each month. They're churning and burning through people.

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