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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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Door to Door sales - Solar Energy Consultant SolarCity Employee Review

1.0
4 May 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Clean Energy is great. SolarCity has a great offering. Excellent product, installers, and financing. If the local incentives are good, it's much easier to sell. If you're a hustler, you might be able to make a ton of money.

Cons

No matter what they tell you in the interview, it's door-to-door sales. The entire company is run by millennials, that do millennial things. National weekly sales video conference from a phone in a car? Sure. 100% of manager/rep communication via text message? Yup. Attention to detail? Negative. Company structure is CONSTANTLY changing. Entire departments are downsized on a whim. Zero marketing/advertising support, and reps are forbidden to do so on their own. Software suite is an absolute nightmare. So much so that they train on workarounds, both in national and local training sessions. The solar industry is incredibly shady. Even though SolarCity (now Tesla Energy) has a great offering, you are constantly fighting that reputation.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
22 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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