Affordable Solar Reviews

Terrible time management. Constantly going back a re-doing things that should have been done in the first place I.E. wrapping a pv line in tape and writing a number on it then coming back and putting an actual label on it when you could have just put a label on in the first place. There is a saying amongst the employees "Affordable Solar does it nice because they do it twice". What a joke!! Horrible turnover. In 6 months went through 3 supervisors and a turnover of crew twice. Lack of leadership. Supervisors are more worried about hitting milestones and will push things being done in a half hazard manner so that they can report an accomplishment when really there are people going back through fixing mistakes made along the way costing the company double the hours in manpower. Use what you got attitude is very prominent and you will spend more time and work twice as hard to accomplish something for the lack of equipment, tools and parts. Secrecy is another issue. They will constantly try and keep workers out of the dark in how to perform certain tasks in order to maintain job security for those more qualified (They will tell you its so mistakes are not made but its not true the tasks are just a lot easier than they want you to know). Process improvement is a complete joke. You will do things the hard way period! Lack of true management. Supervisors will hang out in the office and only come out to waste time and let time go by. The only time they show any leadership is when a visitor is coming. Overall it has to be the worst work experience ever.

Compensation (base salaries + profit sharing or commission plan) is very low compared to the rest of the industry. The benefits package is weak at best. The management team has high aspirations about becoming a major distributor in the solar industry but they can't make the transition from a retail call center/solar techie organization to a sales-oriented professional organization like their competitors. The management team is also very reactive instead of proactive. Direction and priorities change on a monthly basis resulting in +/- 30% swings in annual sales revenue. The management team doesn't know how to leverage the sales and marketing experience of their more senior team members who have worked in other successful industries.