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SolarCity

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Energy Specialist - Inside Sales SolarCity Employee Review

3.0
29 July 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people you work with are great. There's a fun environment to be in most of the time. Offers prizes and gifts for contests to boost sales.

Cons

This place used to be a happy place. People were getting promoted left and right and the culture was the best I had ever worked in. I don't know what exactly changed but today is not the same. Managers are asked to step down, people are being let go, veteran sales people are leaving for other jobs because they aren't making money and leads just aren't flowing the way we were promised. It's sad. It makes coming to work no longer fun. On top of that when you can't get leads you only get paid $11/hour and then wait months for installations if you are lucky to get that far. SolarCity has a disconnect between departments. The customer service is terrible and yet it's sales' fault if someone cancels. Oh yeah and don't think about taking a vacation. Way too many people are in fear of taking a day off because the job security is so poor.

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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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