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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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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
Dec 7, 2016

Great People, But Severe Lack of Awareness/Structure

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Pros

- I was fortunate enough to work with some of the nicest, most skilled people I've ever known in the workplace. - It was a pleasure fostering a collaborative environment to get things done, and there was opportunity to grow beyond your job scope if so desired. - Knowing you're helping the world with renewable energy is also a plus. - I was also fortunate to work for a manager that allowed a great work-life balance.

Cons

Aside from those in sales or in the "in crowd" people are not genuinely appreciated overall, which created a low morale. Evidenced by many leaving for other opportunities in recent months. Accountability is almost nonexistent, and ownership of work becomes convoluted as such. Lack of clarity in job responsibilities and department functions added to tedious, unnecessarily complicated work that could have been done better if not for archaic resources and unaware upper management.

1.0
Dec 1, 2016

Don't believe everything you hear.

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Pros

Help the environment. Company car. Full benefits.

Cons

What they tell you isn't always true to the area you work. I would like to believe that the company is still good deep down somewhere but the national average isn't always true local to where you are. Most of the higher management doesn't care about the lower employees. We are just numbers and bodies to slave drive to get management what they want. I was lucky to have a great manager but that's because he has integrity. As soon as I was switched to a different team, support and integrity was out the window. They talk a big game about work/life balance but it's all just talk. You work way over what is expected and do more then what they initially tell you are your job duties. Management hides behind the teams and use them as scapegoats to save themselves. Want to take a few days off? Forget it. It's all about numbers and running us into the ground. Employee beware.

1.0
Oct 14, 2016

All the red flags

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Pros

Welcomes piercings, tattoos and colorful hair. The idea/dream of two boys in action to create sustainable energy.

Cons

Immature leadership and management who boast about firing people or getting them to quit. There is a complete lack of accountability. The "Solar Coaster" is an understatement for the amount of change there is. They change their the SOP so much the the supervisors admit to not being able to do the job or perform to meet the expectations. I doesn't help that 95% of their time at work is spent gossiping, having who can be more witty. It's was as if I was under the supervision of a group of teenage girls (even the male trainer was as bad as a teenage girl. He even has a "work wife"). I know more about the complicated sex web some of the playboy management has. Then to cover their butts for not doing their job they will go out of their way to find every reason to put you on an action plan, discuss way to make it impossible so they can fire you without question. Yeah, they talked openly about another worker Infront of everyone... TERRIBLE PEOPLE!!!! Just don't. Run! Full of empty promises and can't even afford their grocery bill. Bonuses, unless you can dedicate to wreck your brain over every point and every minute you spend on a job while trying to keep up with the updates via email, blog, and the process guides (2) and do added cases without getting points for them (because per supervisors, "management is to damn lazy to do it themselves"). Over worked under paid, unicorn bonuses and no facility amenity perks. The new building move in date keeps getting moved back, so don't be sold on the perks they sale you. BELIEVE IT WHEN YOU SEE IT. Otherwise, everything that comes out of their mouth, expect the opposite.

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