Horrible - Solar Consultant Venture Solar Employee Review

1.0
Jan 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Absolutely Nothing at all. Terrible

Cons

First, don't believe any of these "5-star" reviews that just came in on 1/6/2023. Obviously the company has asked their current employees to leave reviews to offset the very truthful and real 1 star reviews that it truly deserves. This company has a team of people they pay to get 5 star reviews for associated websites. Employee beware!!! Run far away. A typical solar sales job will allow you approx 2-3 months to get on your feet. As soon as you start making some sales, they will look to fire you. O and they will keep your commissions too. I worked here for two months. Finally starting making some sales then was told I was not meeting expectations and was going to be terminated. The training process was terrible. You learn 99% by being out in the field. You will be selling at much higher margins than your competitors, but then told to "set expectations for customers" that we can match any price. I got a great idea, be more competitive from the start. They will constantly remind you about "Solarreviews.com" but yet have a team of people being paid to get customers to leave 5 star reviews. You will be sent to appointments within an hour and a half of where you live, but sometimes it might take 3 hours to get from one appointment to another and you may be out until 11PM - midnight. When you get competitor's quotes you are told to call Alex Giles. He can approve prices that other members of the team can not. Good luck getting him on the phone or even getting a text back. Reached out on about 6-7 occasions and I heard back maybe once or twice. Other companies were focused on providing value to their customers. Solar is great and can save you a lot of money. But not with the ways these guys tell you how to sell. Venture says, "we are selling a cheaper monthly payment". Well that payment is 25 years long. Has 35% Doc fees from the financing companies that you are stuck with even if you want to pay off your loan early. Run, Run as fast as you can. Venture will fire you. This review is a one out of ten.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No pros to list here.

Cons

The worst company to work for, extremely high turnover due to incompetent management and owners of the company. They have products they want you to sell that aren’t even launched, then get confused when deals fall apart. They want “yes men” to work for them, any individuality is reprimanded. They encourage you to do anything to get the deal done, even if that means drinking alcohol or smoking with customers. Safety is not a priority for them even slightly. In their words, whatever it takes to get it done. Bizarre place to work.

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