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SolarCity

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PV Designer 2 - PV Designer II SolarCity Employee Review

1.0
25 Jan 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Casual work environment. Fun coworkers. Job attracts people who are passionate about renewable energy. Flexible in-office hours. They allow some remote work (but only if you are exceeding your quotas)

Cons

Terrible work schedule. Be very wary if you are interviewing here. Management has switched design to a rotation schedule where you work weekends for most of the year. If you have a family or a spouse who works a regular schedule do not expect an exception. Terrible pay. As others have said in your interview they will tell you "you're in control", "incentive based pay". And tell you that there will be the opportunity to make tons of money. This is a lie. You will make base salary and maybe get a small bonus of a couple hundred dollars on weeks where you put in 60+ hours. $19.23/hr is less than most engineering internships. Waste of a degree. Most of the people SolarCity wants to hire for design positions have degrees in engineering but you will not be paid an engineers salary and you will not gain any marketable engineering skills. As others have said, SolarCity used to be a place for quick advancement but that is no longer the case.

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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
22 Mar 2016
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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