Only worth accepting a position if you need the money or cannot find another way into the solar industry - Recensione dipendente - Solar Ambassador presso BrightCurrent

1,0
11 feb 2014
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Flexible schedule, co-workers were good people, manager was responsive and could be reached by text. The posting for the job claims good pay, but check the salaries section to see what the pay actually is. Also, the internships offered are unpaid which is very controversial. The company claims to have gotten recent funding, so it would be nice to see that be proven by better corporate responsibility.

Svantaggi

Very high turn over - in my time working I never met a single person who had worked there for more than 3 months (although I did talk to one over the phone). There are some people who stay, but the high turnover says something about how employees are treated in my opinion. Now that they are turning their contractors into employees I hope they begin to offer paid training as is standard. In the interview I was told that we were not required to go door-to-door and yet I was required to go knocking on doors for 3 hours on two different occasions. The job is very similar to a Green Peace "volunteer" where you stand outside a store and try to get people leaving to give you their information. It wears on you after sometime hence why few people stay. Also, the workers at the retail locations get paid more than you (and their job requires talking to people who actually want to talk to them).

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5,0
20 ago 2023
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Felt like a tight knit family Upper management cared about their employees success

Svantaggi

No cons for this company

5,0
10 mag 2014
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Working with BrightCurrent has been a fantastic intro to the renewable energy industry. Hours are flexible, co-workers are awesome, and the managers are engaged and understanding. Everyone is considered for promotion after three months, with a pay bump and increased responsibilities; they have been committed to employee development from the get-go, but understand that BrightCurrent will not be your life forever. A young company, they are growing extremely fast and offer many opportunities for advancement. A typical workday consists of conversing with passerbys at events and hardware stores about solar systems to save them money. Everyone wins, and I'm proud to represent the high quality products and services they offer. The entire team is passionate about building a decentralized clean energy system, and they ask you for feedback and guidance in the direction the company should embark on.

Svantaggi

80% of people in the field ignore you off the bat, which can be hard to get used to, though working for BrightCurrent has made me utterly unafraid of talking to perfect strangers. Remaining enthused every weekend morning is sometimes difficult when it's a slow rainy day (and your commission drops accordingly). Also, commute times can be cripplingly rough; not sure what my net carbon footprint is from driving an hour each way to sell people on solar quotes.

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