But for those of us who are experienced sales people, especially B2B, this job is a total grind. Very long hours as a Sales Person. Requirements to work weekends and nights. 70-80 hour work weeks. Poor training, for such a large established company. Very bad compensation package, but base salary is good compared to most of the industry. Commission and bonus is based on net sales not gross. So if you sell a job that ends up having a bad roof (something you as the sales person could never know.), then those jobs don't count toward your bonus goal and you don't make commission on them. There are usually 2-3 of these per month. Also the company is growing so fast, there are large gaps in most everyone's knowledge through the whole sales and installation process internally. This makes for frustration on the part of the customer who might not have an ideal situation for installation. With huge goals for each month, your customers become numbers and it is a challenge to provide them with adequate customer service. In addition, because the job is not easy and the hours long, the management staff regularly has rah rah meetings and quite frequently smacks of the religion of SolarCity dogma where one might feel one is in a large cult meeting, rather than a SolarCity corporate sales meeting. And lastly, the HR department is extremely absent. It is difficult to get a hold of anyone while you are there and almost impossible after you have left on good terms. They didn't even provide an exit interview. The whole company seems to be flying by the seat of their pants. In fact, the worst part is that the company slickly gets around paying commission, which is a sales person's salary and should be paid by law in California. But the company says you don't get commission if it isn't "earned". Meaning, paid to you on a check while you still work there. This is completely bogus and any commission on deals that have been through final contract should be paid. Very shady. Just know this going in. It is a shame that this company talks out of both sides of their mouths. Yes, they are green and really promoting solar and saving the world from global warming. But on the other hand, they do not treat their sales staff well and literally cheat those leaving out of part of their salaries.
