Tesla reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(12,037 total reviews)
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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
1.0
Jun 18, 2021

Overall bad experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get the name Tesla on your resume

Cons

Poor internal growth structure although they say otherwise Extremely hazardous work environment Low employee satisfaction rating leads to poor company culture

2.0
Jun 1, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cool battery technology, possible to qualify for stock bonuses, very diverse workplace. Looks great on your resume.

Cons

Unrealistic workload, terrible work/life balance. Management is all over the place and creates more problems than they solve, those stock bonuses are typically awarded based on how friendly you are with your manager. Even the best employees (and managers) are constantly fretting about getting fired. You can go to any other solar provider and do the same job for 2-3x the compensation, they have Powerwall batteries and honestly better solar tech (admittedly, the Tesla inverter was just launching when I left). Honestly, they mostly get by on brand recognition. Their customer service is awful and they know it, I left after too many times of being forced to do something that was in the best interest of the company and not the customer. People go in starry-eyed and leave jaded, I saw it hundreds of times.

2.0
May 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly people, but ultimately don't care about you

Cons

Mandatory shift "realignment" where you have to rank 50+ shifts and are given one at random based off of your "rank." Recently forced employees to work Saturdays for some unknown reason. Wages are bad compared to all the training we have to endure Glued to phone systems all day, and if you need to be human and use the bathroom or walk around, that cuts into your "stats" which influence employee "rankings." So basically, the more human you are, the lower you are ranked. Abysmal. No bonuses. They think because you have some stock you can't even use, this makes up for the wages. You're offered voluntary (unpaid) time off when it gets slow. Have to endure terrible entitled customers who think buying a Tesla is akin to owning an Audi, BMW, Mercedes or whatever other yuppie car they had in the past Literally working for the RICHEST MAN ON PLANET EARTH, and making wages that put us in the red each month.

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