Voltus Reviews

I would not take a role here unless you have no other offers. Management (middle and upper) does not care about growth and development, they want to take advantage of your network/labor and has no interest in developing you as a professional. Even then, your goal post constantly shifts and it’s can get very political here. They only care about your input/ideas/contribution if it already aligns with what they’re thinking. Too much non-business-related people pleasing is happening between middle and upper management and it all comes at the expense of everyone else. You will never get rated well during a review. They want to operate “lean” but it just leads to people quitting and nothing ever gets done because they’re constantly cycling through employees. people are considered “tenured” if they’ve been here for a year or two. They have/threatened/are suing employees. I have no idea how they plan on sustaining their business as they consistently miss sales/realized revenue. People are so busy and things get very siloed as they don’t have the time of day to collaborate. The biggest thing is to not fall for the facade of their culture. Voltus tries to come off as a progressive, new-age, hip startup but has a very aggressive sales culture and does not care about their employees. CEO has stated his conservative views in front of the whole company (nothing wrong with that just don’t mix your personal opinions with the company that you’re heading). If you know what you’re getting into, I’m sure you’ll be okay. But if you’re looking for a lifelong career where they’ll work with you through the ups and downs of life, keep interviewing.

Voltus has this clean energy thing down to a science: hire young, smart, idealistic, impressible, and obedient college grads and rally them together to solve this existential energy crisis. Oops, on the way to meet the mission, the leadership team just forgot about adequate compensation, treating others with dignity, and that little item known as work-life balance. At first, this place seems amazing, It's as if you've found employee nirvana-- positivity and open arms out the wazoo, weekly Veritas all-hands, Voltus Fest, Voltan for Life.... A pattern is soon evident: constantly hire SDRs and "Sales Directors" and ride them relentlessly until they flame out. Unfortunately, this results in near-constant fear and turnover and disillusionment among coworkers. I mean, you'll have a controlled descent of 8-14 months give or take. It's unfortunate.