Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,981 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 11,981 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
May 21, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great Management Team, most coworkers were quality people.

Cons

Disappointment & frustration is all I experienced at the Tesla Gigafactory. Extremely poor working conditions, miserable & dangerous commute, poor safety standards, disgusting bathrooms, short breaks, long shifts, low pay, communication is a big mess, & HR too busy to care.

2.0
Apr 12, 2019

Going downhill fast

Recommend
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Pros

- on good days, the mission does feel inspiring to be a part of - strong coworkers for the most part - challenging projects to work on - get to say you work for Tesla

Cons

- completely unrealistic program timelines result in backbiting, cutting corners, mental and and personal stress - energy and solar program get almost no attention internally or externally, many people are leaving - demoralizing to see the solar business getting purposefully shelved. Have to let it die gracefully to avoid proving litigation re- solar acquisition wrong - morale is extremely low given all of the layoffs and voluntary turnover - you are forced to “volunteer” to support quarter end delivery and production initiative - open office location is terrible, they are cramming more and more people into small areas - stock is super volatile which creates a lot of stress

2.0
Mar 3, 2019

Sales Manager

Recommend
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Pros

The mission is special to be a part of, I truly hope Tesla succeeds in what they are trying to do. The people before they got laid off were great to work with. Benefits were outstanding.

Cons

Outside of a great car I don’t think this company really knows what they are doing. They get everyone excited about the mission, then when times get hard they treat you like a statistic. I watched them acquire SolarCity then completely destroy everything they accomplished within 2 years. Elon Musk is extremely brilliant, but he is heartless and not someone I would ever work for again.

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