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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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Great people, hard to make money right now - Anonymous employee SolarCity Employee Review

3.0
8 Feb 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Environment, everyone was very supportive.

Cons

The work/life balance that I heard a lot about when I first started slowly disappeared over the course of a year. They changed things quite a bit, and I believed fully in the mission and the future with the company. Sadly, as things changed, they leads did not come in like they used to and they changed the requirement to not get written up, go on a verbal, etc. This wiped many people out, and we were being asked to come in many times on our days off for many hours to try and keep up. The future may be very bright, but it was a troubling time seeing about 3/4 of the 200 person sales floor that we had all known go down to almost 50. The length of time it took to make money was also a burden. We had to micro-manage every job from sale all the way to installation and it usually took about 3 months to get a commission on it. Then, it was on our last paycheck of the NEXT month that we got to see that money.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Just to quantify my review a bit, I am within the top 10% of inside sales reps within our 12,000 person company. It is a great place to work and people doing well ARE able to make good money here. The executive team ALWAYS has a platform for reps to help make SolarCity a better place every quarter. They involve the top 20 reps each quarter in various ways to help their peers through an interactive group called Team Elite. Executives, VP's, Directors, and Managers are always willing to help and go to bat when there are issues with things that need to be fixed. The direction of the company is consistent and although the company is large, decision makers work as hard as possible to steer the big ship quickly when necessary.

Cons

Knee jerk reactions with decision making at a director level create issues from time to time. Culture has had its ups and downs due to HUGE growth last year and subsequent high attrition rates.

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