Tesla Associate Material Engineer reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(207 total reviews)
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73% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Associate Material Engineer employees have rated Tesla with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 207 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Material Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Tesla is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Material Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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207 reviews
3.0
Dec 14, 2018

Material Handler

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent Benefits, very good pay for the work, free cereal/soda, stock options.

Cons

Management, safety, promotional potential, work life balance sucks

2.0
Jan 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Name recognition. The public is in awe that you work there if they see you with the badge and/or uniform on. Almost 100% health care paid. The plans are almost paid entirely by Tesla. Most plans cost $2 to $20 out of pocket,depending on which one you select. Free soda,coffee,hot chocolate,cereal,milk. They pay is not as bad as some others would have you believe. It is more than enough to get by on if you are smart with your money. Stock plan. Depending on performance reviews, you can get your hands on some stock, or if you can buy a discounted stock from the company.

Cons

The hours. You will have no life, zero, none. If you like living at work, then this is the job for you. Since I have been at this job, it has been my life. No time for friends, only work from early mornings up until end of shift, only to do it six times a week on repeat. Mandatory Saturdays. You would think that they would have more than enough help, but that is not the case. So,you are expected to give up one of your days off usually three times a month, and go in on Saturday. That's right, only off on Sunday. On top of the already 50+ hour work week, you don't usually get but 5 days off per month. And, if you can't work on a mandatory Saturday, which is supposed to be your day off anyways, they make you use PTO for it. Good luck having any PTO left to enjoy. Speaking of PTO, there are no sick days or sick pay in this company.That too, comes out of your PTO balance. All of the growing pains of a startup company. Everyone from the Management down seems to have their head up their rear. Processes not followed. Rules not enforced. No accountability or regulations that a normal large company would follow. The inmates are running the asylum. Warehouses running out of room. Safety hazards all around from pallets stacked overly high to cluttered aisles. Pretty sure that you cannot fit a million square feet of parts into 100,000 square feet of room, but it is being attempted here. Are we that cheap to afford space, or does Elon not know what is going on in Service, due to a bevy of yes men? In short, do not work here unless you want to give up all of your free time for a company that does not appreciate it, will not recognize you, and expect you to give up what should be your regular days off at any other job.

3.0
Oct 16, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People were good to work with, benefits were good too. It was fun working with new gadgets. It was nice working with different types of people.

Cons

Hours were crazy and tiring. And not enough equipments to work with. Parking wasn’t good. Some equipments would break down and it’ll take awhile for them to get fixed.

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