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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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Turn and burn - Field Energy Consultant SolarCity Employee Review

1.0
Sep 15, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

set your own schedule work in the field and out of home. health insurance, company car and gas card, nice computer. If you are single and live with your parents this is a perfect job for you.

Cons

very low base pay and commission. training is lacking and you are expected to figure it out. regular surprise changes that you will usually find out in the home. Very little room for growth since your quota goes up and pay goes down. It seems that the companies goal is turn and burn through employees. Have the new employee sign up all their friends and family. Since your new you will need to put in 60-70 hours to make quota and you'll do it for a while until you get burned out. You are expected to self generate 50% of your leads. You will need to stand in The Home Depot or best buy to generate leads. most of the leads you get are now totally unqualified. We used to at least ask 2 or 3 qualifying questions.

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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and no supervision working at the different Home Depots

Cons

Having to make numbers and sales

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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