Tesla reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(12,037 total reviews)
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Elon Musk

60% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 12,037 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tesla employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
3.0
Jul 13, 2021

Limited room for growth

Recommend
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Pros

Stock options, good healthcare benefits Cool company “wow factor”

Cons

Growing within the company is difficult. There is a lot of favoritism and discrimination. Men and whites are blatantly paid more than women who are equally, if not more qualified than those who are over compensated. Tesla may be the latest and greatest with saving the planet, but definitely not the leader in saving humanity. If I had the resources to sue them, I would. Kind of ironic Elon is a billionaire while his employees are running his empire and paid quite miserably unless they fit a certain demographic. The company is fundamentally disorganized and they cut corners where they shouldn’t. There is a lot of shady business that has influenced me to leave Tesla.

1.0
Jun 21, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get to work for a company that is changing the industry.

Cons

The recruiter sold it as a sales focused job. The reality is that we were a call center admin for all of America. We were answering phone calls for sales associates across America because the show rooms could keep up. Asking to be knowledgeable about every state and their regulations for purchasing a car is difficult. A majority of the calls were: • Upset clients because they could not get a hold of their sales person or anyone in the show room • They recently got their car, but there is quality control issues. Such as, paint issues, heating issues, or hardware issues • They placed their order the beginning of 2021 and their estimated delivery was March, but now they are getting their estimated delivery updated to July Also, one day you may be doing phone call, another day you may be doing chat room, or you may also be asked to wash a car. The via was more of a disorganized MLM, than a proper tech car company.

4.0
Jun 19, 2021

Excellent company but terrible location in its HQ

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Top 1 superstar in EV industry. Good fame and attention. Good stock. Talented co-worker. Super efficient management.

Cons

The HQ is based in south of Palo Alto, CA an unlivable place. There is no apartment to rent near by, only grass and a few mansions. All land belong to stanford that you can build nothing on. The stanford would rather use the land to graze their sheep and horse than let you live there. Not enough parkings for employees, you need to park very far away and take the shuttle to work, which waste a lot of time. So I ride a bike instead. The hills nearby is not good for hiking, it has grass only, very few trees, with one more thing: tick. I got hitched by ticks everytime I hiked on the so-called trails.

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