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SolarCity

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Review update - Anonymous employee SolarCity Employee Review

2.0
Jul 10, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Making a difference Respectable missions Workplace is friendly Flexible working schedule

Cons

I think the overall perception and your experience depends heavily on your team and manager. I previously noted that the company has a good culture and the team is quite close-knit, but with the change of manager, it is getting worse. It is noticeable that some middle managers here are not experienced people managers. It is often times that their position as a manager is their first ever manager position, so they are not very well-suited of leading a team and are unaware of what employees may be looking for. Depending on what department you are in, and again on your manager, there could be very little career development. You may find yourself stuck doing the same things for more than 3 years and still doing the same things. Overall, very poor middle management leadership, if there's at all. And to make matters worse, the pay is below par.

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Cons

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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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