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"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 94 reviews)
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"No work/life balance, poor training" (in 103 reviews)
"Sometime long hours but to be the best have to put in time" (in 77 reviews)
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"Regional Sales Manager"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at SolarCity full-time
Pros
Forward thinking, innovative, industry leader
Cons
Corporate changes too often. Lack of communication
SolarCity 2017-06-16 10:17 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"Solar City lacks committment to employees"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at SolarCity full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great enthusiasm, great people, good product
Cons
Micromanaged, lack a firm marketing course.
Advice to Management
Develop better lead sources
SolarCity 2018-08-06 09:24 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"field sales"
StarStarStarStarStarPros
offered a flexible schedule weekly
Cons
dont care about the customers or developing sales reps. promoted non qualified people to managers too soon
SolarCity 2018-08-22 09:09 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"Account Executive"
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Pros
Great culture,. lots of works
Cons
None that I can think of
SolarCity 2018-07-16 17:08 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"Field Consultant"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
Flexible Schedule. Company car. Laptop.
Cons
Management are pushy and rude. Favoritism. Quotas. Too many changes to company rule, literally every quarter the rule changes.
Advice to Management
Take care of your sales. Fix bad management.
SolarCity 2018-08-20 21:47 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"So sad to see it gone and so many losing their jobs."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at SolarCity full-time
Pros
The people were so passionate, they cared so much for each other and the work that they were doing.
Cons
Some of the exeuctives who were added in the last couple of years were sorely lacking in diversity skills and had questionable backgrounds.
Advice to Management
don't give up on solar!
SolarCity 2018-07-13 09:10 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"Solar Consultant"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at SolarCity full-time
Pros
I enjoyed working at solar city
Cons
You work very long days
Advice to Management
keep up the good work
SolarCity 2018-07-18 12:10 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"Surveyor"
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Negative OutlookI worked at SolarCity full-time
Pros
Working for Solarcity was great. Bonus per job made for scalable benefit-to-increased work ratio
Cons
Pressure on surveyors instead of on sales
SolarCity 2018-06-27 05:20 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"Inspection Coordinator"
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I worked at SolarCity full-time
Pros
Lots of opportunities to move up. It's nice to work for a solar company that is helping the environment. Most coworkers are great.
Cons
Management is pretty good but often overworked so concerned may take awhile to get addressed.
Advice to Management
Happy employee's will work harder. Make sure to be observant to the guys around you and what will help them out.
SolarCity 2018-06-23 13:22 PDT![SolarCity Logo]()
"Sales"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at SolarCity full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
I loved working here the environment was the best.
Cons
no complaints everything was good.
SolarCity 2018-06-21 14:22 PDT
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