Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,933 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 11,933 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
Nov 14, 2017

PV Designer II

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company vision. You get to feel good about making the world a better place and impressing everyone you meet by telling them you work for Tesla.

Cons

Pay is waaaay under market value. For PV Designer 2 they essentially require an engineering degree and then pay you half of what a normal engineer would be paid. No room to negotiate for a raise since your spot can be filled in a day with someone wanting to jump on the Tesla bandwagon.

1.0
Sep 16, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Best Product on the Planet When you are fresh, you are sold a dream. Feel special because you are chosen to join Tesla Great networking opportunity

Cons

Management is close to worthless at the location I worked at, but it doesn't mean every store is like mine. I think some are genuinely great! Honest and Integrity are worthless, unfortunately. This is a normal Fortune 500 car company, almost as bad as Chase Bank -full of people who want to only put up numbers. They will ask you to train freshman if you put your time in, and the second your numbers drop even as a non-commissionable employee, they will put you on "action plans" Management is competitive to a fault. They don't play by the rules. They will tell you they will pay you for every hour that you work, but will edit your time card without permission. They are control freaks. They promote entrepreneurship and owning your own portion of the business, but you are a small cog in the machine who will be replaced at a moments notice, or when they deem you worthless Several of my colleagues dream of quitting Several of my colleagues have worked at Tesla for 2 years were fired when they were considered "unnecessary. " You could be #1 Salesperson in Tesla, and they will still micro manage you about why you are late... even if you were probably answering a sales call Tesla doesn't care about it's employees, and if they say they do; it's probably a small portion -or they are new. It is just a matter of time before they post pone your termination or get fired at Tesla

2.0
Jan 20, 2017

Great Product Poor Environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work with some of the most brilliant people in Engineering. Working at a company that is changing the world. Hands-on time with wonderful cars, Energy products OK benefits like health insurance etc

Cons

Extremely long hours Below market pay Broken or inefficient processes Manufacturing has lots of room for improvement Highly results oriented organization Disconnect between global teams Bad materials procurement pipeline Unrealistic deadlines Extreme lack of on-site perks Patched together internal software Lack of investment in infrastructure Parking sucks

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