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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

Is this your company?

From the Bottom up. A Whole new Experience. - Anonymous employee SolarCity Employee Review

5.0
5 Jan 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My journey with SolarCity began the first week of 2012 – I had heard about SolarCity entering the Arizona market back in early 2009; interested at the time in what SolarCity was doing, but not considering a career change just then (how we, as humans, hesitate to take risk and try something new and intriguing). Late 2011 things in my life changed, and I needed a new career. I took a challenge and became a site auditor for SolarCity; this may have been a step back in my career (perceivable at the time) since I had spent 5+ years in construction management as a project engineer, superintendent, and PM. Back almost a decade earlier in my career I was crawling through attics as an energy efficiency technician and here I was again, but I wasn’t discouraged, disappointed, or concerned; I had this new appreciation of really liking the company I worked for. Knowing that merit and the high quality work I performed wasn’t enough, I engaged the company and my bosses, embraced the company policies and procedures, and made myself available to help out and be part of everything I had the capacity for. It paid off! I became a PM in 2013, an Assistant Ops. Manager in early 2014, and an Ops. Manager fall of 2014. I am a firm believer that if you have passion for what you do, a positive attitude, and motivation to help make things better; that you can do anything and SolarCity is the place for you.

Cons

Tech/Construction Company? Who knew that would ever exist?

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
22 Mar 2016
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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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