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      Solar Turbines

      Part of Caterpillar

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      Solar Turbines reviews

      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (621 total reviews)

      Jim Umpleby

      72% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      Solar Turbines has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 621 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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      621 reviews
      3.0
      Apr 21, 2015

      Ok, but.......nepotism

      Manufacturing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. stable. 2. backed by CAT.

      Cons

      1. the pay for San Diego is not comparable to the industry. 2. to get promoted you have to have someone related to you (big on nepotism). 3. A lot of unqualified managers with no degrees or sub-bar degrees from online trade schools. 4. No one interested in new ideas, they will laugh at you if you suggest anything. 5. Nepotism is a huge problem! everybody is related !

      4.0
      Mar 11, 2015

      a great company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. best location for a manufacture company 2. friendly, helpful colleagues 3. very good culture 4. well paid in manufacture industry 5. stable management

      Cons

      1. compared with big companies like GE, Solar has less support for engineers to grow. 2. Technology is kind of behind GE. 3. A couple of support staff are not friendly.

      4.0
      Aug 11, 2014

      Good place to work

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people are friendly and the work is generally quite interesting. You are able and encouraged to interact with people from all different work groups. The company is large enough that you can always move if you want to be doing something different.

      Cons

      The processes for compensation encourages mediocrity. After your performance review you are categorized as under performing, performing, or highly performing. Even if you exceed all of your goals for the year and have a fantastic performance review, unless you are considered in the top 5% by your department head you get rated as "performing" and are compensated the same as someone barely meeting goals.

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