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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
1.0
Jul 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Insurance is helpful. *Bonus* Tesla partners with a loan provider so you can borrow the money they are not paying you.

Cons

Upper Management from Elon, down has no idea how to run a company. There is no sense being used. This is not innovative in the slightest. It is more like someone thinks up an idea, no one thinks it through, no one listens to the objections from the people on the floor saying “it’s been done before” or “this would make that work”, it is running full force at a wall and expecting it to cave because you want it to. There is no forethought behind change. Do not join this sinking ship! Look up articles and reviews. There is no one happy with Tesla inside or out, that isn’t a complete Fan. Customers are irate because they are flat out lied to. Employees, scratch that Executives, WALK OUT daily. No one that learns the truth wants to be a part of this bait and switch company.

1.0
Jul 15, 2019

A company plagued by incompetence and overworking employees.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Tesla has a good goal and could be an important company.

Cons

In my time in the Finance department I have seen consistent poor decision making from the top down. Desicions often seem reactionary and poorly thought out. Mid and upper management has become a revolving door with each new manager comes a change in direction complicating and compounding issues affecting the jobs of those below them. Promotions and hiring are stalled as all expenses have to be approve by CEO himself resulting in causing some employees to work excessively, on occasions past midnight and into the early morning. Unfortunately this work seems expected and is rarely acknowledged and almost never rewarded. It seems that Tesla is caught in a dangerous loop of ignorance and cult of personality around its CEO that is preventing it from solving it's own issues. I would not recommend working here for long.

1.0
Jul 4, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart Engineers and good health insurance--that's about it for pros.

Cons

Toxic environment. Poor Compensation Lack of good managers Always understaffed so expect to work 16 hrs to meet unrealistic expectations

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