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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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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
May 24, 2017

Software Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are very super friendly and have enthusiasm about what they are doing to improve world's renewable energy.

Cons

some teams get to work on really important stuff but other teams just do maintaining and bugfix. There is no fix annual review. it happens when managers wants it to happend.

1.0
May 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The morale was great at first. The company had a great atmosphere. Then...

Cons

I was the top sales rep for multiple months working out of the new Pittsburgh office. Once Tesla bought the company the compensation plan was cut drastically, company car benefits were reduced to work time only, sales reps were required to generate almost all leads on their own (when one of the main selling points of the job was 50%+ company set appointments), and overall morale crashed! I sold over 2.2 MILLION worth of solar for this company and they treated me like any other random employee on a spreadsheet on my way out the door.

1.0
May 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Panel pay, travel, getting off by 2pm sometimes with full pay.

Cons

Leadership, downsizing, leadership, to much work or not enough, leadership, no clear career paths, leadership, no raises, leadership. They talk this great game about culture swings and values, but in the end, it is all about the bottom line, numbers, and production.

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