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Solar Turbines

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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
3.0
Jun 28, 2022

Review

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job Security 401k match Established and resilient company

Cons

Heavily focused on cost at the top

4.0
Jun 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The salary is good for Czech Republic, the people are pretty nice, there's free refreshments in the office and a nearby cafeteria at the Siemans building. Several teambuilidng events throughout the year. Plenty of opportunities to learn new things.

Cons

A little boring and corporate. It could take several years to move up to a higher position. Stodulky is far away from the city center, but at least it's close to the metro

1.0
Jun 13, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay. Great 401K company match for employees. Work from home policy for some employees. A few good people keep this place running. Downtown San Diego location close to Little Italy restaurants and on the waterfront.

Cons

The most dysfunctional fuddy-duddy company I’ve seen: red tape, siloed departments, disconnected systems and utter incompetence. Work environment with passive-aggressive overtones. Employees hoard knowledge and go MIA during work hours. Deadlines are meaningless and most put in least viable effort. The corporate culture of a dead fish. The workforce is made up of disengaged contractors (80%) and mostly old timers counting the days to claim their fat pension. All vacation days need to be taken before year end, so the place is a ghost town in Q4, and no work can get done. Many white-collar workers work 6AM to 2PM manufacturing hours even though those are not the standard office hours. Good luck scheduling a meeting with key people after 2PM. Downtown main parking lot is full after 7AM, other parking lot next to airport runway is loud and 10 min walk crossing busy Laurel airport access road. During rain building leaks, floors, streets and parking lots flood. Homeless people sleeping around building, cases of assault during day when getting lunch. Their turbines power the gas and oil industry and have nothing to do with solar. This place is well past its glory days decades ago. Solar Turbines will suck every ounce of ambition and engagement out of you. Your experience may be different, but mine was terrible. Run from this place if you want to stay sane.

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