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Updated May 29, 2023

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Found 395 of over 417 reviews
3.4
55% Recommend to a Friend
59% Approve of CEO

Found 382 of over 417 reviews

3.4
55%
Recommend to a Friend
59%
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Andrew Birch
232 Ratings

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Pros
  • "Founders are great people and really believe in what they are doing and how they are doing it(in 57 reviews)
  • "Great benefits, with simple and easy to navigate systems built around them.(in 32 reviews)
  • "The culture and work environment are great and make you feel good about what you do.(in 30 reviews)
  • "Pay was good.(in 13 reviews)
  • "Good training on the solar industry and technology before starting work.(in 9 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Great first Sales job

    Sep 3, 2022 - Field Sales Representative 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Very good support system. Good pay.

    Cons

    If you are afraid to do door to door sales then this job can be tough.

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  2. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Working in the trenches…but fun!

    May 29, 2023 - Technical Sales Representative in Oakland, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Working at Sungevity was great, our team bonded hard over working in the trenches in a B2C telesales role.

    Cons

    B2C sales can be cruel.

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  4. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Great Company

    Apr 29, 2023 - Operations Manager in San Francisco, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Wonderful people and culture with people committed to the environment and making a difference.

    Cons

    The Company grew too fast.

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  5. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Went under

    Mar 21, 2023 - Sales in Kansas City, MO
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Fun and learned a lot

    Cons

    None that I can think of

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  6. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Needs Improvement,

    Nov 6, 2022 - Sales in Elizabeth, NJ
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good Health benefits and pay structure was good,

    Cons

    Middle management needs work and be better trained,

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  7. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 5 years

    Good process and bad business

    Jun 19, 2022 - Project Manager 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great company culture and advanced in technical process

    Cons

    Not good with product or customer support

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  8. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Exciting Company

    Mar 1, 2022 - Tax Manager in Oakland, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Smart workers Hard Working Creative Lots of Resources Generous Salary

    Cons

    Lack of Structure S\Should be Better Planners

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  9. 4.0
    Former Employee, less than 1 year

    Great place to work

    Dec 10, 2021 - Inside Solar Consultant 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great company to work for at the time.

    Cons

    The comute was about an hour and half from Fremont to Oakland.

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  10. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    SFUN While it Lasted.

    Jul 4, 2021 - Senior Sales Analyst in Oakland, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Really excellent people, fantastic ambitious objective to power the world with sunshine, genuine mission driven ethos. An amazing place to work for a while there.

    Cons

    Absolute sh*t show, never profitable, always begging for the next round of financing, bankruptcy, private equity, cluster f&ck. We started naming the layoffs. SFUNset, Blackhole SFUN, SFUNger Games, etc.

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  11. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Great culture

    Aug 3, 2021 - Residential Solar Consultant in Oakland, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    It was an Amazing place, great culture.

    Cons

    They went out of business

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Sungevity has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 417 reviews left anonymously by employees. 55% of employees would recommend working at Sungevity to a friend and 27% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sungevity employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sungevity. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

55% of Sungevity employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Sungevity 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Sungevity to be culture, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be senior leadership, management, career development.

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