SolarCity reviews

Why I titled this smoke and mirrors - is because you do need to drink the "Kool Aid" (or "Solar-Aid") in this case to fit in. That means, if invited to company events/meetings - you MUST go, otherwise you will find yourself ousted for going against the grain. In addition to this, there is an underlying expectation of what you "should" do, versus what you *actually* do (if what you do does not meet the expectations that your manager has of what you should be doing... you are just out of luck). No one asks about career aspirations, so unless you are an individual that is an more of a "brown noser", you will find it hard to move up simply excelling in your work. Although I initially thought this culture was for me, I am an independent thinker and I feel that work performance should be satisfactory enough to signify recognition. Unfortunately company-wide, there are a lot of new managers in various departments that do not know how to adequately manage a team - therefore it becomes a matter of "who I like" versus "who does their job well".

You are required to make 7 net sales per month. To net 7 sales you need to make 10 sales per month because 3 will cancel before installation due to structural reasons, buyers remorse, etc. With this said, if you want to be human and take two days off per week you would need to make a sale every other day to gross 10 sales. 90% of people can not do this even if you feel you are a great salesperson. Good people get fired every month. Also, the company gives you warm leads from Home Depot and Best Buy when you are new. When you reach 8+ months with the company they give you less and less HD and BB leads because they feel you are a veteran and can now get leads on your own. Some of the Home Depot and Best Buy(in store) reps are giving the hot leads to other solar companies sales reps because they are getting paid more(on the side) from them than solarcity. This job looks good on paper but in reality it is not what is says. You can work really hard and make no sales. Kind of like selling real estate or insurance. You are on your own. Very stressful job.