Is Tesla a good company to work for?

Tesla has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 15,687 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 58% of employees would recommend working at Tesla to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Tesla have been left by employees working as Mechanical Engineer Intern , Process Engineering Intern and GSM intern .

Does Tesla pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Tesla employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Tesla. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Tesla?

58% of Tesla employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Tesla 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Tesla?

Production Associate (735) , Software Engineer (391) , Intern (384) , Sales Advisor (245) , Advisor (243) , Engineer (185) , Material Handler (175) , Product Specialist (165) , Data Annotation Specialist (155) , Technician (147) , Internship (124) , Mechanical Engineer (122) , Project Manager (122) , Manufacturing Engineer (116) , Manager (112)

What are the pros of working at Tesla according to real employee reviews?

"great benefits and full of incredible opportunities" ((in 1080 reviews)); "The pay is good and if your attendance is good you get a raise every 6 months." ((in 879 reviews)); "Great people and feels great to be apart of the overall mission of the company." ((in 794 reviews)); "team can be great and collaborative" ((in 377 reviews)); "Team culture is great and you do feel a part of something bigger" ((in 265 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Tesla according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and very demanding" ((in 820 reviews)); "Low income + high expectations + poor management meant people quickly became dissatisfied and unhappy." ((in 701 reviews)); "Long hours and increased job responsibilities without increasing the support to help get those responsibilities done." ((in 685 reviews)); "Manager was bad." ((in 259 reviews)); "Long hours are expected" ((in 238 reviews))

What are employees saying about Tesla layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Tesla layoffs and their outlook for job security at Tesla in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Tesla locations?

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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(12,033 total reviews)

Elon Musk

60% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.2

Culture & values

2.9

Senior management

2.8

Work/Life balance

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 12,033 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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2.0

Jul 13, 2017

Gallery Associate

Gallery associate

Recommend

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Pros

The people. Young, fun, happy environment because we strive to make it that way. It is also nice because Tesla has a prestigious name because we have amazing products so people look up to it.

Cons

-Internally it is chaos and seems to have no method to the madness -Pointless metrics. Many days we would waste hours just checking boxes on salesforce because commission was structured nonsensically based upon "activities" and NOT sales. -Employees have a negative outlook on the internal structure and how we are treated. -Once you get over that one year hump you start to realize Tesla is just like any other big corporation and you are just another pawn in the system

4.0

Jul 13, 2017

Great, not amazing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- So many awesome challenges - Lots of ambitious people

Cons

- Elon's passion for transparency doesn't resonate with all managers it seems... Manager didn't seem to care for it

3.0

Jul 12, 2017

Sales to service

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Love people I work with each day

Cons

Does not pay its employees fair market for the job done. Tesla expects everything from you without giving rewards or compensation. Does not promote from within the company

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