What are sales commissions like at Sunrun?

Steady hours, decent benefits, base pay plus commission, mostly good culture

THey WAY oversell you on what you can realistically make. The numbers they show you for commission are based on top earners in CA. You can see everyone's stats and earnings 24/7 for the entire company at your position so you can clearly see the disparity from state to state (which is not SunRun's fault, the market is just different everywhere). The most I saw for NJ is a CEA averaging about 72k a year, but they worked outside of their 40 hrs as well. Most average about 32k-37k. Management has also really gone down hill since Mary Powell took over. They are using new metrics that make it extremely hard to hit your goals. They will put you on a performance improvement plan if you don't get enough leads, even in dead months where it is expected you won't get as much, and just because you get a lead doesn't mean they will sell. I had a lot that should have sold but it was out of my hands after I booked them and then the sales reps sometimes wouldn't even show up to the home.

Sunrun is a huge corporation with very sound financials compared to other solar companies. The door to door program is 100% commission for lots of individuals and if you are making money it is great.

The downside is you can't always choose the market/areas you work which can make being 100% commission very stressful and mentally taxing.

You work on you're own schedule, 100% commission.

It's not that steady of a job, leadership is not great and the industry is very oversaturated.

- Good life experience - Once you get the hang of it you can make a ton of money - Simple job, talk to people and set appointments - You are in control the money you make through your own skills - Can get a lot of equity and stocks and some district managers give bonuses - Pay is $300 a close (SunRunApproval (SRA)), $500 Customer Approval, and $1600 install. - Some come for just the summer which is 6 days a week for 5 months 12 hour days. Others work year round and choose their schedule and close their own leads which is more difficult and will make less if you do not have the skills.

- Long shifts usually 11am to 9:30pm - Pay is 100% commission based - Was top 30 in the region with less than 4 closed leads a month - Difficult job - People hate door salesman - Weather (hot, cold, rainy, etc.) - Always have to keep in mind the way you look - Closers will make a ton more than you and only jump appointment to appointment but requires much more skill as all you do is set appointments and leave it in their hands. - Rejections all day, about one lead per 50 doors knocked, 1 SRA per 300 and 1 customer approval per 500, one install per 1000. Give or take depends on skill. - Pay rent becuase constant travel to new hoods (AirBNB), sometimes you drive out so gotta pay gas or carpool and wont get home till group gets picked up.

Work life balance High commission Heavy training

No salary but 100% commission only

Benefits, commission isn't worth sweating for no matter how much the drink the koolaid culture tries to make you work for it

Pay is not what they promise

Flexible schedule, commission is very high

if you need support and guidance it’s not the best place. Have to have an entrepreneur mindset.

The job has good income potential

100% commission can sometimes be tough

Hourly pay, plus commission, 401K match, great health benefits

High-pressure sales environment, they micro-manage the entire sales process. They monitor and review every call, if you get a bad manager they will force you to work multiple weekends and holidays.

Great benefits, prizes and incentives and vacation trips.

Some stores are overworked and dried up for generating a lead. Too much travel time. You might be able to get a good quality lead, but you still have to depend on the Home rep to be good in order to close it for you to make the commission structure, they are offering. They put you in ethnic territory, knowing the people will not qualify with the proper documentation, even though they are legitimate homeowners. Not enough, bilingual home reps to go around, even though you are placed in heavy ethnic areas or a second language is needed. Company constantly telling employees to buy their stock even as it’s been performing bad. Lead generator can get terminated due to no fault of their own, but rather because a bad home representative did not do his job properly.