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    SolarCity Reviews

    Updated May 16, 2018
    2,311 reviews

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    SolarCity CEO & Co-Founder Lyndon Rive
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    1,602 Ratings

    2,311 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • Good pay; Great People; Amazing Mission - this is a really great company to work for if you love Elon this is the place for you (in 100 reviews)

    • mission-driven, collaborative culture, great people who truly want to do the right thing (in 93 reviews)

    Cons

    • No work/life balance, poor training (in 104 reviews)

    • Sometime long hours but to be the best have to put in time (in 77 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Field Energy Conultant"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Field Energy Consultant in Thousand Palms, CA
      Former Employee - Field Energy Consultant in Thousand Palms, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at SolarCity full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Really liked it, would like to work there again...

      Cons

      Too bad the Las Vegas office closed

      Advice to Management

      None

    2. "Great company to work for"

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      Former Employee - FES in Clarksburg, MD
      Former Employee - FES in Clarksburg, MD
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at SolarCity full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Contest that were fun. My team was like a family.

      Cons

      Constant change, that is why it was called the solar roller coaster.

      Advice to Management

      Most managers were awesome. A few hardly ever worked or came into stores

    3. "Elon Muske for Presi"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great company to work for

      Cons

      Pay scale could be better

    4. "HR"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at SolarCity full-time

      Pros

      Work from home so no commute

      Cons

      Work longer than 8 hours

    5. "Field energy specialist"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend

      I worked at SolarCity full-time

      Pros

      Good Pay
      Good commission
      Good management
      Good Product
      Industry leader
      Good CEO

      Cons

      Commission can fall through and you end up owing money
      Commission changes
      Hours are crazy and work on holidays

      Advice to Management

      Stop working people so hard. We are human. Working people on 4th of july and other major holidays is crazy

    6. "Sales representative"

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      Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at SolarCity full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      nice people to work with

      Cons

      salary is ok, so need to consider

    7. "Good firm"

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      Former Employee - Sales in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Sales in San Francisco, CA

      I worked at SolarCity full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good model in a growing market

      Cons

      High pressure quota driven sales.

    8. "Okay"

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      Former Employee - FES in San Diego, CA
      Former Employee - FES in San Diego, CA

      I worked at SolarCity (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Opportunity for growth and advancement

      Cons

      You're just a number in a system

      Advice to Management

      None at this time

    9. "East coast BEAST COAST"

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      Former Employee - Installer in Paducah, KY
      Former Employee - Installer in Paducah, KY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Panel pay and the people are great to work with. Loved every minute of it and wish I could stay

      Cons

      Snow and very steep roofs. Dealing with snow and ice on the roofs wasn’t pleasant. Glorified snow shoveling pro, makes you a beast tho

      Advice to Management

      NA

    10. "Great Company!!"

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      Former Employee - Project Manager in Henderson, NV
      Former Employee - Project Manager in Henderson, NV
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at SolarCity full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Loved working there, was a very good position and Very good pay.

      Cons

      There were no cons except that the commute was too far.

      Advice to Management

      N/A

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