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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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Disappointed after 2 years in Sales - Field Energy Consultant SolarCity Employee Review

2.0
9 Feb 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very independent role with trust for you to preform. You can set your own working schedule. If you are hitting all your numbers you probably will not even know who your manager is. Growing company in an exciting field. Very cool to be part of an Elon Musk company and under the leadership of Lyndon and Pete. High potential.

Cons

Work life balance. First 6-12months expect to be working 6 to 7day weeks to build your pipeline. The attitude from higher management is what have you done from me lately. Very number focus with lack of training. They will expect you to sell 20-30 year contracts immediately out of training. Leads to a bad customer experience. A common analogy for training "its like drinking out of a fire hose." Revolving door of employment, very little team bonding. Had a since that sales people where not valued. I overheard managers saying they had to do the "Good Stuff" before letting me go. I was with the company for almost 2 years. Operations and sales still have to figure communication down fallings.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
22 Mar 2016
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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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