Great purpose, horrible culture - Anonymous employee SunPower Employee Review

2.0
May 27, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Really doing something that will help our world. Good pay and benefits. Trying to improve culture but the problem is at the top.

Cons

Overload employees in the name of "efficiency" while they waste man months in building power points and having endless meetings where no real decisions are made. Exec team is weak and mainly concerned with their bonus. Everything takes twice the effort necessary due to heavy overhead. Lazy top down approach to budgeting leaves massive gaps at point of execution.

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Cons

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Cons

When SunPower was purchased by TJ Rodgers, he came in and was telling everyone how he was going to turn the whole company around and that "because he's a billionaire he knows how to make it happen" -- Well.. over the span of about a year he laid off about 70% of the company and tried to make other independent contractors so he didnt have to give them a base. The whole company dynamic changed and I now have yet to speak to any former colleagues who enjoyed being there. - Its very toxic now.

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