Nobody makes a career here. NOBODY. That goes up and down the chain of command. Huge hire/fire mentality.
Terrible junior leadership. Tesla hired practically anyone for a supervisor position from 2016-2018.
Now the middle management is composed of 25 yo's that are far too inexperienced to lead/manage 50+ people. I have seen supervisors cuss out workers, have relations with their Associates, come in half a day late multiple consecutive times and don't get a slap on the wrist, all while they make their 70k.
I've also seen the same supervisors write up Associates for sitting down or checking their phone for "Tesla Team Messages." There's a no cell phone policy for production reason, but there's also the contradicting, "check you're messages b/c I need you over here now!"
Now these "write ups" will bar promotions and internal movement for 6-12 months.
While anecdotal stories very similar to this happen TIME and TIME again.. and the senior leadership wonders why there's such a terrible work culture.
There's many associates with mba's or are veterans, that have led teams far longer than the children that were put in jr management positions, that are trying to get there leg in the door. There's also a great cause with the company that would be motivating, however, its hugely undermined by JR leadership.
It would be easy to say keep your head down and just do the grind till you can transfer, but when a supervisor writes an entire section up for one individual sitting down on a 12 hour shift.. things get out of hand.
This company has the worst turn-over rate/work culture that I have ever worked with.
