Ion Solar Reviews

I felt like i left at the calm before the storm (May 2015). I honestly am writing this review because I could tell that so many of their reviews from this summer were fake, so i have to do my part and let a true voice be heard. It felt as though Matt Rassmussen and his crew of boys weren't distributing the pay equally to their employees. Maybe they did to their favorite employees, but not the regular working class people. This was obvious from the fact that everyone there probably was making probably making half of what they could at Vivint at any position...except for the the Matt Rassmussen and crew... who are busy are showing off their gated community homes, their new Tesla's, BMW's and Land Rovers that seem to change every 3 to 6 months. Their past is super sketchy too, just google 'Thrive Learning Matt Rassmussen'. Like i said, i left before the calm before the storm, because about 90% of the people that i knew that worked there don't work there anymore. I felt that much of their product/work to their clients was the bare minimum, cheapest solution and possibly unethical.

Lots of tension and stress from the Zing Solar-Vision Solar merger in January 2017 culminated in tons of employees getting cut throughout the entire year - a lot for no good reason and through no fault of their own - and the Zing Solar owners fired, as well as any remaining individuals being afraid for their jobs when they shouldn't be. Competent people were/are fired or let go by the Rassmussens simply because they cost too much, and then those same positions are refilled at a slightly lower salary rate with no attention paid to the resulting training/ turnover/ morale costs. There are no raises or bonuses unless, according to Matt Rassmussen, the owner and CEO, you happen to be the "right people in the right situations." Anyone who wasn't a Rassmussen favorite and who got rightful raises were fired pretty soon after; you can do everything perfectly and it won't matter here. Conflicting instructions are given constantly for everything trivial or important and there is nonstop micromanaging so you're always either wrong or barely correct no matter what decision you make and act on as instructed. Pennies are pinched over reimbursing normal employees on their mileage and cutting out goods and services needed by the company, but money is splashed around like there's no tomorrow all over some sales reps, while other sales reps are left in the cold and not paid for their work after earning the sales. Too much emphasis is placed on the trivial satisfaction of free swag and snacks rather than actual lasting rewards for meritocracy. I could have dealt with most of this but for the fact that Matt Rassmussen has little self control or discipline to aptly befit him as a company owner or a leader, and the toxicity of the company culture flows from the top down. When he has any worries or problems with operations or personnel, his first instinct is to find someone to blame and extract his pound of flesh rather than fix the problem at hand. He has no qualms about yelling, swearing at, and threatening people for anything he personally deems an infraction. He does not take much of anyone else's advice on running the business, and conducts Ion Solar as his own dictatorship. He particularly has a grudge for anyone who used to be part of Zing Solar and who was loyal to those owners even if they worked hard after the merger of both companies. If he dislikes you, you will bear the brunt of the blame for anything that goes wrong, he will never reward you for your meritocracy, and you will bear his black mark and personal grudge until he eventually fires you or you quit for your own sanity. If he likes you, you may avoid the above inevitable consequences for a few months to a year or so.