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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
4.0
Sep 4, 2014

Huge growth potential

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Professional but family oriented atmosphere. Ideas are listened to and often implemented If you work hard it is noticed and rewarded

Cons

For me - no cons Some struggle with the ever changing processes

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SolarCity Response
11y
Thank you for your feedback; we are very proud of the cross-departmental collaboration we have at SolarCity, and value your suggestions on ways to create even better visibility within each department. We will be passing your feedback to our management team.
2.0
Sep 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I cannot speak for working at the headquarters, which by the way seems to be their priority focus for employees although the Sales Team is where they grow their business - you would think. The Benefits are top notch.

Cons

I worked in their Field Energy Advisor roll (which morphed into a Field Energy Specialist roll months later. This is the single worse job i have ever had the misfortune of being a part of. There was absolutely no support, a lot of negative bashing from management, made to belittle you when you didn't work 7 days a week or were (like everyone else on the team), struggling to hit quota. It gets to the point where you physically and mentally were exhausted and the management didn't seem to care or offer any suggestions other than to suck it up, or move on. There was so many reasons to dislike this roll, but it was what it was. You work at a Home Depot qualifying leads, but the vast majority of the people you came in contact with either were verbally disgusted with you asking them if they would like to talk about solar. Their disdain was in their actions, their voices and the looks they gave you. The weekly verbal assault you endured takes a toll, and its worse when you have meetings and you get the same disdain from your management.

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SolarCity Response
11y
Thank you for the honest feedback. We are sorry to hear that the sales role was not a good fit. We have over 50 locations within the US, and are always striving to create the same positive culture and energy at each location. We strongly believe every employee at SolarCity should be able to share their concerns and opinions in a supportive, constructive environment, and will take your feedback to the sales department to bring awareness to this opportunity for improvement.
5.0
Sep 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, full benefits, employee ownership, feel like part of the team, growth opportunities, making a difference in the world and in peoples daily lives

Cons

Sales team goals are not the same on all levels, specialist goals don't transfer equally to consultant goals. Also because of rapid growth, there is constant change taking place

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