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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
3.0
Sep 29, 2014

Great concept "One Team, One Dream"

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. You have control of your schedule 2. Company car is given to you provided you pass the 90 days probation AND you have high numbers 3. Base salary is provided plus commission. 3. great medical/dental/life benefits.

Cons

1. Work becomes your life as without the time you MUST spend to generate leads via Home Depots/Best Buy or generating self gens, work is your life. 2. Upper management has lost contact of what the sales life is about. There is NO protection for the sales reps. 3. Must be there one year before you can be promoted or change to another position. 4. Elimination of roof types and no inclusion of the need for roof repair or electrical have dinged the ability for the numbers the company experienced in growth over the last year. Now it is a revolving door for sales reps. 5. Unrealistic high numbers for goals for the sales reps.

2.0
Sep 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

All equipment, tools and resources are state-of-the-art.

Cons

The company has the older, more experienced employees train the new hires. Unfortunately, once you have earned the respect and accolades from your team members and are eligible for a pay raise the company will lay you off with excuses of budgetary cut backs.

1.0
Sep 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I loved the idea of working here learning about solar, everyone I met during the interview process was wonderful. But that's just a facade!

Cons

If they don't like you personally they will make up something to get rid of you! If you don't hit you're numbers 2 weeks of being on the phones they let you go, even when they tell you. You have 90 day's to meet you're numbers you don't it's a lie, they take you're only 2 weeks of production numbers and will fire you!

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