Pros
- We are doing really important big things here and are the best positioned in the industry to change the world for the better. - We react to the market and innovate to stay ahead. It's never a boring day here and we take a lot of pride in our work. - Most people are pretty friendly and the corporate culture is overall positive - The company is still small enough that you personally can make a difference. If you want to drive change and work hard enough you can do it.
Cons
- Ridiculous parking situation at HQ. Get ready to add 30-45 min to your commute every day to take shuttles running to and from an off-site parking lot at the college of San Mateo, or pay $100 a month to park near the building (when permits are even available). The crazy thing about that is they just opened a 6-story parking garage in our complex that is almost half empty! It's just sitting there half vacant because SolarCity doesn't value their employees time enough to negotiate use of it with the landlord. - The CFO has a philosophy that unless someone's job responsibility changes, their salaries shouldn't change either. That means no annual raises even when the cost of living drastically increases every year in this area. If you are in a position without much upward mobility, get ready to effectively earn less every year because cost of living adjustments aren't considered by management. This is at least for all areas of the company reporting to the CFO (Accounting, Finance, Fund Accounting, etc)... not sure about other areas. - No 401(k) matching. - Free snacks are mostly cereal and other sugary candy. The lunch service has also really gone down hill in quality and up in price since the vendor we had a year ago. - When upper management wants to do something, they do it, often jumping into things too quickly or pushing for unrealistic deadlines. Warnings from below are often ignored.