warehouse associate

solar technician

local driver

superintendent

outside sales representative

BayWa r.e.

I joined this company with high hopes, but it quickly turned into a very stressful experience that left me dealing with severe anxiety throughout my tenure. From the start, job responsibilities were unclear and didn’t align with what was promised during the hiring process. When the person who hired me left after just three months, it became apparent that no one knew what to do with me, and I was left in a state of limbo.

The managers I worked under were unqualified and unsupportive. My first manager lacked the skills necessary to understand my role, resulting in unrealistic expectations and a complete lack of guidance. Despite repeatedly expressing concerns, no help was ever provided, making it impossible to succeed. Eventually, Manager 1 was let go, but Manager 2 was equally unprepared and had no idea what to do with me either.

The environment became so toxic that I was constantly anxious. Concerns about this toxicity were ignored, and no action was ever taken against management, which led to a high turnover rate. The fact that leadership kept changing only worsened the situation, creating a chaotic atmosphere with no stability.

Overall, this was an incredibly stressful experience, and I would not recommend this company to anyone looking for a supportive, structured, or diverse work environment.

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Baywa r.e. Solar Systems LLC is poor. If you work all the time your respected and promoted if you have a family or other obligations you will struggle.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Baywa r.e. Solar Systems LLC are better than the competition.

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Baywa r.e. Solar Systems LLC, I think this is largely based on managements latest ideas they are high on and if you can get fired over a bad mood. There were periods where 5 people would be fired within a month then a grace period.

Management
In general, managers at Baywa r.e. Solar Systems LLC ego maniacs that only care about their image. If you don't participate in doing extra curricular activities with management outside of work you get treated badly and less opportunity for advancement. Those on the "in" clique barely show up, drink at work and hike most days.

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Baywa r.e. Solar Systems LLC is co-workers worked hard towards a common goal, lots of teamwork at this job!

Overall
My experience working at Baywa r.e. Solar Systems LLC has some ups and downs. Pros: they are willing to train people with few skills to rock the professional world, Cons if you are not immediately accepted on the in crowd you will struggle, others less qualified will be promoted and then have less work which you will have to take on as well as your normal job.

I was hired as a Security Officer for BayWa and my role and hours were clearly defined in the beginning. The work crews and the managers were all really nice and supportive. My problem started when they hired a safety director who didn’t understand safety. I was constantly preventing her from making mistakes(we worked in the same office) I was also encouraging her to by the proper safety gear for the workers on site. As incidents of injury started to mount up she quickly showed that she was unwilling to do the necessary reports or purchases for gear or even take workers who were injured to urgent care. She would come to me for advice on safety tips.(I worked as a Branch manager in general labor and light industry staffing for 5 years) so I didn’t mind helping out. She was clearly out of her depth though. Finally she claimed that I needed to justify my $19/hr pay as a security guard by doing work that was outside of my job(she called it cross training) I’m sorry but refueling work trucks and machinery out in the field is not cross training. I ended up putting in my notice and moving on. Amazingly she’s still there. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Unlimited flex time off, while not truly unlimited, you could take off as much time as reasonably deemed. It is up to you to work with your team to ensure you are not taking off too much time.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Constant change and immaturity of the company. If you like constant chaos and not being able to adjust to any change for longer than a week or two, then this is the place for you. There is a lot of low trust by the CEO and not a lot of support for doing your job. The company is bad at setting direction or even following it when it is set. They like to say they are agile but there is a lot of command and control done by leadership.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The company is very focused on people's health and well-being. They would like to call themselves agile however there is quite a bit of misunderstanding of what agile truly is about.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Flexibility of remote working from home

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
High employee turnover as the management doesn't cherish employee loyalty; often short-staffed so that the remaining staff have to cover more tasks than they should - overall it's more of a training station than somewhere you want to stay longer

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They want you to explore ways out yourself without sufficient mentor sessions, so you're often left alone

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very productive; as high employee turnover happens, they keep stretching you so it's hard to take a break.

I very much enjoyed hiring, training, and leading a canvassing team for Enable Energy. The work environment was great. Everyone in the corporate office was very nice, close, and felt like a family. All good things must come to an end though. In the end, the contract the company had with a larger corporation fell through and we no longer had anything to sell. All the canvass and sales teams were laid off due to lack of work. They were very apologetic and assured our team that it had nothing to do with our production. They said that we were what was inspiring everyone else to keep going. We had the best team in the Market.

The office is extremely disorganized and none of the jobs are set up correctly. If it’s not wrong blue prints, it’s missing materials! The office is lazy and they don’t perform let alone actually work the way they should. Well, that’s if anyone is in the office. Not all but more than should be the field workers are horrible and lazy. They hardly work and if they are working it’s done incorrectly. They offer no help with tuition even though they say they will. If you’re using your own car don’t expect to receive mileage even though they say they reimburse. I wouldn’t go back unless major changes are made and maybe not even then.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing… the guys suck … you always got to worry about hurting someone feelings

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
To many chefs and not enough indains

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
To much pressure all the time … trying to meet dead lines and no one wants to work hard to acheve those goals

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A couple of people busting butt wile the others are figuring out how not to work… it’s hard to work with people that just want to be the boss so they can get free money

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great industry, nice people, everyone is friendly.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not much of a work life balance. Long hours are required, most employees are overworked.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Environment is stressful but most employees are nice and laid back.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, filled with meetings and deadlines to meet.

Baywa r.e. has the most amazing culture. The management is kind, and clear about what responsibilities and job requirements are. A very progressive company, Baywa valued customer and employee satisfaction.

They encourage a strong work/life balance, and promote healthy living--including a community that regularly bicycles to the office.

I loved my internship because I was able to interact with many people throughout the office, and made friends with all of them.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Warehouse associate 4 salaries reported	$22.25 per hour
Solar technician 14 salaries reported	$29.75 per hour
Local driver 8 salaries reported	$29.19 per hour
Superintendent 1 salary reported	$150,000 per year
Outside sales representative 7 salaries reported	$112,857 per year

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