Lack of leadership, poor benefits, dull work - Operations Associate NY State Solar Employee Review

1.0
19 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

the job is not stressful, tasks are simple and repetitive

Cons

Managers are overwhelmed by their own work and undertrained in people management. As a result, associates are typically completely ignored and periodically micromanaged. Feedback is nearly non-existent, both positive and negative. -Good work is unrewarded and unappreciated. -Mistakes are met with passive-aggressive Gchats instead of proper meetings and feedback. It often feels like you have no manager at all, no one to train or support you. Benefits are rather pathetic— only 10 days PTO which includes sick time and accrues incredibly slowly. They require you to be in office every day despite the fact that most days you will have no face to face interaction with anyone. The CEO of the small office is there most days, but never introduces himself or addresses the team. There is no leadership or business goals to speak of. After working there a full year, and asking to learn about the business model, I still don't know what the processes/goals of NY State Solar are. There is no indication that associates are valued, as workers or as people with lives outside of work.

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5.0
8 Jun 2026
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Pros

Welcoming environment. Management is supportive, approachable and genuinely invested in the growth of their employees

Cons

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2.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Okay benefits Great coworkers That’s kinda it. Future looks bleak.

Cons

Constantly disorganized and underpays for the amount of work heaped on each individual due to dwindling staff. Firings happen seemingly at random, other people are quitting due to hostile company culture. Leadership is often lost in the weeds, and customers are unhappy. Rampant nepotism and conflicts of interest. Middle management is incompetent but really good at kissing up to the right people for security. Company cares more about appearances than results. Expectations and responsibilities are inconsistent. Underhandedly discriminatory to certain identities. They insist that we’re growing but our staff is smaller than ever, we lose someone nearly every 2 weeks. There are limited paths to upward mobility unless you were hired in from another solar company or know someone in charge. Most positions are dead-end. They expect you to care about the business as if it is your own without the benefits of being an owner. They will tout one employee’s success story of upward mobility or monetary gain to new hires as if that is the norm… it is not. Hollow gestures of gratitude from senior leadership that do nothing to actually help the people who work for them.

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