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SolarCity

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In LA, Solar is a Waste of Time- BEWARE! - Field Energy Consultant SolarCity Employee Review

1.0
Jul 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company will provide company vehicle and laptop..

Cons

Where to start, the employee turn over rate is grossly appalling. This review pertains to Los Angeles bc If you live in Los Angeles or any vicinity close to it, expect no money as you will be sent to sell solar in Compton, South Central, and Inglewood- to name a few interesting cities where homes are disqualified and -unfit for solar. There is a less than 20% success rate for going Solar in LA. Try selling solar to people who speak no English, have the lowest brackets of education- if any-that are living in the slums of Los Angeles AND did I mention-only to have your measly deals disqualified due to un-permitted structures, bad roofs and/or low income utility rate plans. The odds will be against you. As an energy consultant, you will be paid commissions AFTER installation. This means closing deals and not getting paid bc more than 80% of your jobs will not get through to install aka DQ. Also, know that it takes 4-6 weeks at minimum to get a project to install. Most ppl realize within a few months that selling solar in LA is a joke. Management will do nothing but blame you for your poor efforts or, suggest pathetic strategies like door knocking. Still you will be held accountable for hitting your quota, regardless of "excuses". It's really a no win situation. Unless you live amongst zip codes that include Bakersfield where homes are cookie cutter perfect, don't even waste your time. One last thing, keep in mind that selling solar is construction based and you will be responsible to project manage all of your deals. I'd say 10% selling 90% project managing. Your salary will NOT include project managing whatsoever, regardless of time spent working deals that will end up falling through the cracks anyways. 30 thousand salary is what you can expect and massive time and energy wasted.

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Cons

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4.0
Mar 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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