Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,980 total reviews)
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Elon Musk

59% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,980 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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5.0
Jul 13, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company Mission to "Accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy" is admirable and inspiring. Work is challenging and invigorating. People are among the brightest on the planet and everyone there is motivated by the same goal so they are all very willing to help each other. I did not see and signs of aggressive ladder climbing or backstabbing.

Cons

Work schedule is 12 hours per day, 5 days per week, more when things are not running smoothly (so pretty much all the time, at this point, ha). If you have a family you should not expect to see much of them.

2.0
May 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The vision was great in 2013, and still kind of is. The cars are fun to drive, there’s bright dedicated people, and the swag looks good. Tesla looks great on a resume, and will definitely serve as a stepping stone. Coolness factor perception from the outside is pretty nice. You can be very proud of the products during launch days. The cars are just downright cool.

Cons

The culture is a facade. The bright dedicated people I mentioned are taking better offers. The company/stock is always on the brink of collapse. Elon overpromises and it’s looked down upon if you’re not doing 10-12 hours a day with weekends to fulfill those promises. Working at tesla for 3.5 years is like 5 years in equivalent hours. No organized standard interview procedures. Production and everyone else dislike and avoid each other like the plague. Elitist attitudes from anyone not in production. Production does have large numbers of unskilled unprofessional workers, but engineers still need a lot of design for manufacturing training. The divide is unwarranted since almost everyone is green. The experienced almost always leave. Its top down leadership, and VPs really do think they’re better than everyone. Terrible attitudes of coworkers are left free to act out. In house Prototyping Shop has had a mass exodus of CNC programmers resign. The entire original team is gone. Btw lower than industry standard pay, small stock amounts, no food, and no matching 401k.

1.0
Mar 31, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The only good thing that I can say about this company is that I met some really great people that can definitely do better than working at Tesla as an undervalued and underpaid employee.

Cons

Where do I begin ??? The managers have no auto sales/ industry experience. They have bs retail backgrounds working at the GAP, Best Buy, Bose, and Apple. The pay is way below the industry standard. They initially offer you 40k, commission per car, and quarterly bonuses. They’ll change your compensation after working there for a couple of months. The current pay for owners advisors is 15.75/hr + quarterly bonus. Tesla makes is almost impossible for the owner advisor to make his/her bonus because of the insanely high quotas that they set. The managers micromanage to the max. Managers talk about closing sales but can’t even close a door! STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY !!!!

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