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Solar Turbines

Part of Caterpillar

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Solar Turbines reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(622 total reviews)

Jim Umpleby

72% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Solar Turbines has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 622 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Solar Turbines employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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622 reviews
1.0
May 31, 2017

Employees are Weird People

Anonymous employee
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Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

* Inequitable treatment of employees by management. If you are a "pet" employee you can get away with anything * Location of Houston Office is not BAD * Location of Houston off is not INCONVENIENT * HOUSTON OFFICE IS LOCATED IN B.F. E. !!!!!! * Employees at Houston office are stand-offish, not friendly, not helpful, and they are scared to death of management personnel * Employees are not encouraged to deviate from the traditional design parameters by suggesting improvements. Management frowns upon new ideas - they live by the "That's how we've always done it" philosophy Advice to future employees: If you end up working for Solar in Houston, then DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT! Keep written records of what other employees and managers say to you, what tasks you were asked to perform, times when some employees arrive and leave work (the ones who get there late, leave early, those who get there early and leave way too early), watch what times certain employees leave for lunch and return way later than allowed, write down any and all actions by others that seem to be out of line, unfair, inequitable, etc.

4.0
May 30, 2017

Good Job

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Easy Job as Help Desk

Cons

Power tripped Tier 2s very Meticulous Don't appreciate work that was done an hour ago

4.0
May 25, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Solar is a good company with a lot of good engineers. The product line is very well established in industry, deservedly. Pay is great if you are in the field. Otherwise, it is not at the 75% level like they claim, especially if oil and gas is used as a comparison

Cons

'The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, its the illusion of knowledge.' This quote very much applies to Solar sometimes. The company is becoming a little top heavy, with too many managers who don't really know the products and how they are used. They are trending towards treating the employees more like commodities. But its not too bad.

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