Solyndra, Inc. Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Solyndra, Inc. full-time for less than a year

Pros – it was okay to work for it

Cons – lack of management skills was there

Former Employee – worked at Solyndra, Inc.

Pros – ability to innovate and create

Cons – company went bankrupt, really miss the people and what we were trying to accomplish...

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Solyndra, Inc. full-time for less than a year

Pros – I got relatively high pay as a documentation intern and my manager was very flexible with my schedule.

Cons – The company no longer exists.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Solyndra, Inc. full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great company with a lot of innovative people and processes. Great compensation (at least for me). IT systems worked very well. Working at a very fast pace was very exciting.

Cons – A few jerks made the working environment tough... but then they left the company. Obviously the financing deal did not work out and the company closed there doors.

Advice to Senior Management – Make better decisions about equipment purchases and only scale to the cash available.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Solyndra, Inc. full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Smart people, fast pace, people have passion to make product success

Cons – unfortunately company is now bankrupted

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Solyndra, Inc.

Pros – Hi tech environment
Knowledgeable workers
Great pay and benefits
 Clean facility

Cons – Disorganized chain of command
Lack of continued support for worker training

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Solyndra, Inc.

Pros – They are still giving bonuses!

Cons – There is no future here.

Advice to Senior Management – Good plan until world wide glut of panels happened.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Solyndra, Inc.

Pros – Exiciting work and lots of opportunity

Cons – Financials of the company are not stable.

Advice to Senior Management – Be Honest and forthcoming

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Solyndra, Inc.

Pros – it is a government owned

Cons – bankrupt even though it is a government owned

Current Employee – been working at Solyndra, Inc.

Pros – Renewable Energy company. 3/4 day work week. I have a great manager

Cons – As a technician I came in as a contractor with no benifites. It's been 1 year 4 months and I am still waiting to be converted to full time. I few marginal reasons for this. None-the-less I should already have been converted.

Advice to Senior Management – Lets get the VDL up and running so we can show the world our oustanding product.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend