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
Aug 31, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Fulfilment from the impact you make. Stock was severely undervalued so folks that got in at the right time were very well compensated. If you are a new grad, you will get a lot of opportunities to work on things you wouldn't get at other companies.. but no one will teach you how to do things. You feel bonded to peers after you go through hell, simply because you e survived.

Cons

There is a lot of penny pinching when it comes to hiring and paying experienced folks. The software division is surrounded by junior engineers asked to take on crazy problems they aren't qualified for, and there is not much support. There is a strong culture of "don't make Elon angry". This results in people not helping others as they do not want to be the worst, so others get fired first. Those that have survived are political, overqualified and unwilling to step up or teach others (at risk of being noticed and expected to do more and then eventually getting fired). It is not a positive work experience on an interpersonal level. Most engineers working here came from terrible work environments, so the 80+ hour weeks feel normal. If it wasn't for the invested equity, I would quit. I may still.

4.0
Mar 7, 2018

Can be great, can be awful.

Recommend
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Pros

Achieving the mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy by driving all other major automakers to produce electric vehicles. Pretty much everyone loves the cars and is a fan of Elon Musk.

Cons

Being on the sales side of Tesla is incredibly stressful. EXECUTIVE TEAM: Management and executive team are only focused on metrics and output. There is little regard for employee happiness or improvement. Very little upward mobility within certain regions of the sales organizations as most management hires come from outside Tesla. Executive team doesn't solicit feedback other than a company-wide annual survey. INFORMATION: Important information is often withheld from salespeople until the last minute which harms our relationships with our customers and loses all trust. Product and process updates are often revealed to the public before employees. COMPENSATION: All Owner Advisors (salespeople) are held to the same standards regardless of location. This creates enormous disparities in pay between salespeople based on luck (location and popularity), rather than effort or talent. Within the same role and region, some people make $200k+/year while others make $42k/year. On top of that, the lowest-performing Owner Advisors typically get fired each quarter. Compensation plans come from the top-down and are variable, non-negotiable, and often detrimental to our annual take-home pay. There are only two reasons why people stay at Tesla: - They are lucky enough to be in a high volume location which makes them a lot of money - They care deeply about the mission and are willing to be treated poorly by the executive team to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy

1.0
Feb 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

You meet some great customers The cars are amazing

Cons

The morale is constantly low in stores as Product Specialists now just sit in offices making calls all day without any thanks or appreciation, it's groundhog day. There's a really high turnover of staff, and people don't get any support when they're struggling. The atmosphere is so negative across the company and store managers are too wrapped up in getting their bonuses to care. You never feel valued or that you're an asset to the company.

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