A1 Solar Power Reviews

2.3

26% would recommend to a friend

(56 total reviews)

David Malka

37% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

A1 Solar Power has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The A1 Solar Power employee rating is 37% below average for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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56 reviews
1.0
8 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The endless supply of coffee. You will need it!

Cons

There are zero employee benefits. No sick days, personal days, vacation days, medical insurance or any other kind of benefits. You get what the legal holidays are only and then they try to make you feel like they did something great by letting you have that day off. Upper management observes their holidays and takes plenty of vacation time knowing that they are all paid for off of the backs of their drone-like employees. You will get very low pay with an overload of work. The people who do their jobs are always expected to do more with no added compensation. Those who don't do their jobs are given awards for their non-contributions to the betterment of this company. They don't value the people who struggle to help the company succeed. They value the money they make from your sweaty back.

1.0
3 Jun 2015

Don't expect HR to ever listen to their employees

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working in the solar industry has been a fun way to spend my day working if you ignore the pay you are compensated with.

Cons

If you ever have an issue with the company, it is a worthless effort to contact HR. They rarely reply to your emails and never answer the phone (the voice mail is always full). Constant promises of improvement but it's just to bide time so they can run on their business is as usual model. They spend too much money flying upper management around from branch to branch when there is very little benefit that comes from the visit. Don't expect to get a competitive wage with this company, your first offer is going to be your only offer - unless you consider coupons from Restaurant.com to be an added perk to your employment. Never expect a wage increase to compliment the increase increase in living. Extra effort is rewarded with more responsibility but never with a raise. Never expect to be treated like a human being as an employee in this company. Do expect to be treated as an easily dismissed and replacable investment.

1.0
14 Apr 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working in Solar Power - its a hard industry to get into, A1 will hire anybody.

Cons

A1 Solar Power will hire anybody. Many people will come to Glassdoor, read and wonder - how can a company such as this exist with so many employees begging and pleading new folks not to join it? It's not a complicated question. Know that A1 Employees have come to Glassdoor because there isn't anyone to listen to them at the company. There are people going around begging employees to write good reviews, and some who think they will get brownie points have. Don't be swayed. There were horrible employees but there were others who have worked at A1 took as much abuse as they could in HOPES that the management would appreciate what they did, and see that their contributions mattered to help propel the company to its next goal. Sadly, they were wrong. No matter how these employees tried, they got spat on, degraded, used -- and there was a ton of levels of discrimination to swim through, daily in some cases. Except.. for their sales department. A1 Solar Power Sales has the most damaged sales team ever. They can go through training. They can get rules. To many of them, these won't apply. If they make a mistake, sales EXPECTS the office workers to scurry quickly and cover their horrific sales tactics/antics. They expect this because their management supports this. Not every A1 sales rep is this bad, but there are so many that are bad, people cannot see the good ones! And the good sales ones, in my opinion, are treated like crap too.

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A1 Solar Power Response
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A1 Solar Power is consistently improving its operations and has taken to heart many concerns of its past and present employees. Many of its managers have/are going through additional training to address the needs of its employees while upgrading many control areas of its business. While past experiences of employees can be expressed here, it is not indicative of how A1 operates. It's motto has been putting the employee first, and an employee is open to discuss any conflicts to management to resolve at any time. A1 Solar Power sees all of its employees with equal opportunity, and it's HR department has always enacted on an open door policy to all discuss and resolve any all problems.
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