Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,972 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 11,972 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 5, 2016

Glass Ceiling is VERY REAL

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Pros

Looks great on a resume. Stock options are fantastic.

Cons

If you're a woman, good luck getting a promotion. You will probably never get a vacation, or it will be extremely hard to take one.

3.0
Jan 4, 2016

Sales Here Is For The Dedicated

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Pros

Tesla is the most exciting company you can work for today. It feels like a startup where you're directly contributing to changing the world but is big enough and has enough money to treat their employees well. By no means is it like working at Facebook or Twitter (there are little to no perks beyond pay and brand name) but it does make you proud of what you are doing with your life while you are there. This is something that is extremely rare to find anywhere else. People work here because they WANT to work here not because they want to get rich. On that note... the pay for hard working Owner Advisors is VERY good. I watched the sales organization revamp at least 10 times to what it is today and I can honestly say it is a world class paying sales organization for the product it sells. With time the company will be a much better place to work. It's still an infant in the tech and auto industries and middle management reflects that.

Cons

Middle management is some of the worst management I've seen at any company. Power struggles and inexperience run rampant. This is currently being fixed as poor managers with too much power are being demoted or moved. Competition within sales used to be playful and inspiring but now is a determent from being able to do your job well. It's an awful culture within sales. It really has turned in to a huge cat fighting mess. Great culture and attitude within the overall company though and a focus on "the mission". There is also virtually no room to grow within the sales organization. Once you are an Owner Advisor, there is nowhere else to go. Become a Store Manager? Make less money in commission. After awhile you loose the will to stay on the grind. P.S. time off in sales is strongly and silently discouraged.

3.0
Jan 4, 2016

Overworked

Anonymous employee
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Pros

People at Tesla are passionate about their work and the mission of the company. They're all smart and enthusiastic. The health care benefits are good.

Cons

There is too much work and not enough people to perform so everyone is overworked. The top level executive management leaves much to be desired and this lack of leadership trickles down through the ranks and leads to poor guidance, misguidance and strife. The culture is one of avoiding blame rather than taking responsibility. Tesla still has a start up mentality and has not matured into a real company. Therefore there are too many people in positions of power who should not be leaders. Salary does not compete with other cutting edge technology companies in the area.

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