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SolarCity

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GREAT company to grow with - Inside Sales SolarCity Employee Review

4.0
Mar 22, 2016
Recommend
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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Pros

Good pay and no supervision working at the different Home Depots

Cons

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2.0
Sep 4, 2014
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Pros

I cannot speak for working at the headquarters, which by the way seems to be their priority focus for employees although the Sales Team is where they grow their business - you would think. The Benefits are top notch.

Cons

I worked in their Field Energy Advisor roll (which morphed into a Field Energy Specialist roll months later. This is the single worse job i have ever had the misfortune of being a part of. There was absolutely no support, a lot of negative bashing from management, made to belittle you when you didn't work 7 days a week or were (like everyone else on the team), struggling to hit quota. It gets to the point where you physically and mentally were exhausted and the management didn't seem to care or offer any suggestions other than to suck it up, or move on. There was so many reasons to dislike this roll, but it was what it was. You work at a Home Depot qualifying leads, but the vast majority of the people you came in contact with either were verbally disgusted with you asking them if they would like to talk about solar. Their disdain was in their actions, their voices and the looks they gave you. The weekly verbal assault you endured takes a toll, and its worse when you have meetings and you get the same disdain from your management.

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SolarCity Response
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Thank you for the honest feedback. We are sorry to hear that the sales role was not a good fit. We have over 50 locations within the US, and are always striving to create the same positive culture and energy at each location. We strongly believe every employee at SolarCity should be able to share their concerns and opinions in a supportive, constructive environment, and will take your feedback to the sales department to bring awareness to this opportunity for improvement.
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