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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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Bro-Culture; unstable (now TSLA) - Policy Manager SolarCity Employee Review

2.0
5 Sept 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good compensation package; flexibility; on the whole energetic team of people who care about the mission

Cons

Crowded office facilities (restrooms in SF office likely violate OSHA); political staff comprised of mostly partisan environmentalists without private sector experience, who couldn't create or implement a bi-partisan, pro-business agenda if their life depended on it. A "campaign team" which suffered from an acute sense of self importance and never designed an actual campaign. Too many cooks in the kitchen; not great place for women in the sense that more than 95% of us in mgmt. were men; while entrepreneurial, lack of business experience in most of exec team led to company's downfall (TSLA aquisition). Staff laid off received worst severance package ever (two weeks?!?!).

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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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