The head of Bay Area solar giant Sunrun allegedly used cocaine and pills and continued to touch a woman

A manager at a Bay Area solar giant did cocaine and took pills in his office, refused to stop touching a female employee and told a subordinate to bring a gun at work and shoot another employee if the man showed up angry, a lawsuit by two former employees alleged.

Francisco Bandeira, Jr., director of the San Francisco headquarters of Sunrun – a residential solar company valued at $3.2 billion on the stock market – “often acted erratically and violently” while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the lawsuit claims.

“Bandeira regularly engaged in heavy substance abuse at work, using cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs in the office, at work conferences and professional events,” the lawsuit was filed in court Friday Superior of San Francisco County on behalf of Nick Thierry and Evelyn Barrera. said. “Bandeira pressured his employees, including… Barrera, to use cocaine, alcohol and crack in the office or at work events.”

Barrera alleged that three months after she began selling at Sunrun in San Francisco in late 2021, Bandeira slapped her butt while she stood outside a meeting. She told him never to do it again, but Bandeira touched her inappropriately “repeatedly” over the next year while she appeared to be intoxicated on alcohol or drugs, according to the lawsuit.

After Barrera refused Bandeira's “repeated advances and pressure to take drugs and alcohol,” she discovered he was “making degrading comments about her to other employees in the office,” according to the lawsuit.

Bandeira could not be reached for comment. Sunrun did not immediately respond to requests for comment and an interview with Bandeira. It is unclear if Bandeira currently works at Sunrun.

Thierry started in sales at Sunrun's headquarters in 2021 and, in 2022, led the company's sales, according to the lawsuit.

“Thierry personally reported Mr. Bandeira's drug use to the office to two of (Sunrun's) vice presidents, as well as to the director of sales,” the lawsuit claims. “Thierry has made these reports at least 10 times during 2022.”

Sunrun, according to the lawsuit, “took no corrective action.”