Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,934 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 11,934 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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2.0
Jan 8, 2018

Politics driven environment

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Pros

There were a group of passionate people who really believed in the mission. When smart people work together, they motivate and encourage each other.

Cons

Those people were fired for pointing out the emperor has no clothes on. If the company is real serious about one thing, the leader walks the talk. Actually, the leader talks the talk only.

1.0
Jul 30, 2017
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Pros

Great product - great vision, Get to travel and see many cool places Get to drive these awesome cars

Cons

Forget personal life - your days off are cancelled or changed at the last moment, you often are expected to work late or work on your day off There area no clear responsibilities at all, management changes its mind every 5 seconds, in the end you end up so confused on what the hec you really supposed to be doing and feel like a looser all time There was no equipment to do your job properly e.g. in our store there are 16 staff and only 4PC and 4 phones (which don't function properly 70% of the time) so unless you have your own laptop and use your personal phone (which in theory you should not be using for work) your are more or less doomed as you wont be able to meet your targets But the worst part of the job for me was - constant let down of customer expectations: - most sales advisers (at least in our store) are so arrogant they really don't give the customer the respect or time they deserve, - test drive bookings - being cancelled right left and centre, - when the customer comes for the appointment it is often made wait for ages before it is actually taking out for a drive - trade in quotes are not being submitted - in the last few weeks of me working at Tesla, I have also had chance to witness the state of the cars that are being delivered to customers - and is just hmm bad, seriously bad, not even one car out of 9 has been delivered in the condition that it should be according to our policies and procedures. Is just so sole destroying to be apologising to your clients all the time for not your own errors.

5.0
Jul 18, 2016
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Pros

1) Company Mission- The appeal of the Tesla mission is alluring to most people and most employees genuinely care about achieving the goals of sustainable transport and energy. 2) Supportive Management- One thing I particularly want to highlight is that management truly listens to and respects your opinion no matter how junior or senior you are. Going over your manager is almost expected if that is the best/quickest way forward. Goals are determined collaboratively and you are mostly left to your own to achieve the solution. Manager helps in getting resources or giving direction as required and periodic checks on progress help keep you on track. Successes are duly recognized and rewarded but the important thing here is that failure does not make you an outcast. The only expectation is conscientiousness and thoughtful actions. 3) Driven Team- You know you have made it to the top as an engineer if you manage to get hired at Tesla. Team mates are extremely competent/driven individuals and easy to work with. The general theme is that the team rises or falls together. I have seen this attitude at work in several cross functional projects. Team mates celebrate together on special occasions and volunteer to help each other when needed. 4) Good pay and excellent health coverage- Pay is decent but by no means the highest in the industry but health-coverage is one of the best I have seen yet. Other perks include getting a $100k+ Tesla car for the weekend as part of a lottery.

Cons

At times the pace of change can be ridiculous and skew any work/life balance but that is also what makes it exciting to work at the company. Each to his own on this.

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