Solar Solutions

[trev]

The above company trade out of Manchester, also trade as Solar Savings have offered me a job and something doesn't feel right about them so I thought I'd consult my learned friends on the forum.
Has anyone heard anything of them? Or do you or anyone you know have any experience of them good or bad.
All info gratefully received and kept strictly between you, me and the gatepost.
I know jobs are tight and obviously this has a knock on effect on to money but I'd hate to be stuck in a job working for a company I hate. I could be wrong of course but.......

 

[solarsavings]

Not another Solar Savings. ffs more trouble heading our way we had **** to deal with last week because of a new company from London.

 

[trev]

That doesn't sound good.
Does your company have an offshootcalled Mindsearch that does "Market research" aka door to door knocking?

 

[solarsavings]

No, but it seems the world and it's wife has taken a liking to the name and are using it in one or more variations. I should trademarked it in 2005

 

[The Solar King]

Do they also go by the name of Solar Energy Savings?

 

[trev]

Do they also go by the name of Solar Energy Savings?

After a bit of digging today yes they do. I went to their office and saw a rep with that on his hat

 

[The Solar King]

If it is Solar Energy Savings, and it is the company I think it is, they are brokers and not MCS. If it is the same company, they break the REAL code big time and provide a somewhat misleading figure as a SAP calculation. If it is the company a friend of mine had the misfortune to deal with, avoid at all costs.

 

[trev]

Update on this one, yeah I know it's resurrecting an old thread but I thought you PV guys might like to know.
A mate of mine went to be a canvasser for them and by the looks of it they're about to implode. The wages for supposedly 2000 people were not paid yesterday, they blamed their bank then their own internal systems. Wages problems are apparently common place and the staff are just expected to suck it up and get on with things.
A shining example of how things should be done? I think not. I'm so glad I knocked their offer back now
Thanks very much to Solar King for his heads up

 

[Scobo]

I'm sure that's the company our neighbour got a quote from recently.
He was quoted for 6 panels nearly the same we paid for 12 !!!
Needless to say, I warned him off and he cancelled.

 

[moggy1968]

makes you wonder where the money for wages has gone then!!

 

[SolarCity]

2,000 people?! Surely the company isn't that big?!

I hope to God they're not that big.

 

[trev]

2,000 people?! Surely the company isn't that big?!

I hope to God they're not that big.

Why's that mate?

 

[SolarCity]

Because if they have 2000 staff then they will have ripped off 1,000s of people.