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SolarCity Reviews

Updated Jan 6, 2023

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Found 2,350 of over 2K reviews
3.4
58% Recommend to a Friend
SolarCity CEO & Co-Founder Lyndon Rive
80% Approve of CEO

Found 2,342 of over 2K reviews

3.4
58%
Recommend to a Friend
80%
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SolarCity CEO & Co-Founder Lyndon Rive
Lyndon Rive
1,605 Ratings

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Pros
  • "They were all great people and easy to relate with.(in 159 reviews)
  • "The reward to work ratio is fantastic and the benefits are very good.(in 146 reviews)
  • "Can be a fun job and good pay if you learn to get referral business(in 98 reviews)
  • "Great culture and feeling.(in 90 reviews)
  • "Initial team environment is great and everyone seems like they want you to succeed.(in 44 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Solar City

    Oct 18, 2022 - Customer Service 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    It had room to grow with the company. It allowe employees to take initiative in their own work.

    Cons

    Not a lot of flexibility

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  2. 2.0
    Current Employee

    Review

    Dec 15, 2022 - Solar Consultant 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    can make a lot of money

    Cons

    takes a long time to get paid

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  4. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Solar engineering

    May 25, 2022 - Solar Engineer 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good co-workers Health Insurance included good pay

    Cons

    very stressful a lot of work it takes someone patient very back breaking

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  5. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Grea

    May 28, 2022 - Solar Installer 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Realy realy realy good stuff

    Cons

    Some bade things happen sometimes

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  6. 3.0
    Former Employee

    I don’t work here

    May 2, 2022 - Sales Associate 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    I don’t work here bro

    Cons

    Not a broker it’s an individual solar company

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    1 person found this review helpful
  7. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Minimum 1500

    Jan 3, 2022 - OTR Driver in Macon, GA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good pay and staff is nice good benefits

    Cons

    Home time is the only thing

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  8. 3.0
    Former Employee

    Mediocre team chemistry.

    Dec 27, 2021 - Warehouse Associate 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great pay and flexible hours.

    Cons

    Poor management some of the time.

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  9. 3.0
    Current Employee

    Good experience

    Mar 7, 2021 - Sales Representative in Miami, FL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Nationwide company, company car, learned alot about large organizations. During my time I was able to rehash alot of old leads across the country and go into channel partner stores choose my own customers to spend time on. Never had trouble meeting quota and in-house financing and leasing made it super easy to close deals. Best if area is a newer suburban area with most homes built after 1960.

    Cons

    Huge disconnect being a large organization between what is going on at the warehouse level and what the VPs or even districts understand about an area. Old housing stock in LA that left at least 50% of sales being disqualified after site audit. Upper management refused to see that as the issue and blamed reps and managers etc. Doubled down on terrible decisions. Had to leave.

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  10. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    GREAT company to grow with

    Mar 22, 2016 - Inside Sales in Roseville, CA
    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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    37 people found this review helpful
  11. 3.0
    Former Employee

    Ok

    Jul 22, 2021 - Anonymous Employee in Laurel, MD
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    At least it was a job

    Cons

    Favoritism was rampant otherwise you were left behind

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    1 person found this review helpful
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SolarCity has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 2,380 reviews left anonymously by employees. 58% of employees would recommend working at SolarCity to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SolarCity employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SolarCity. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

58% of SolarCity employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated SolarCity 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at SolarCity to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be work life balance, management, compensation.

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