Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,947 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 11,947 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
3.0
Mar 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exciting, innovating, knowing that you are working on cutting edge technology that is helping to change the world's perception of electric automotive transport. Tesla has some of the most knowledgeable people in their field, who are driven to push outside the boundaries of the norm to create and build, what was once scoffed at as, "it can't be done that way." If you are looking for a company that will allow you to explore the outer limits this is the place for you.

Cons

This is still a young company with growing pain type problems, the direction and focus changes daily, sometimes hourly, which has an impact on team moral. There are not enough hours in the day to incorporate the constant changes the need to be implemented as soon as recognized, which leads to long days, lots of hours, and in some cases, no time off for days on end. Work life balance is off balance and having a contrarian view can lead to dismissal, in every form imaginable, which leads to repeated head bumping.

2.0
Mar 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing visionary, the company goals are very clear. The product is exciting to talk about and sell.

Cons

The Regional Managers are very inexperienced and lack basic leadership skills. There is little to no communication, lack of trust in the workplace so no one feels safe to come up with new ideas or challenge red tape, teamwork isn't encouraged because the RSM's need total control of everything, zero empowerment. The Owner Advisors are expected to be little solders and are not supported when they try new things to drive sales this is due to the RSM having no backbone or confidence. The insecurities and egos of the RSM's (one in particular that is given way to much credit by the current Global Sales Manager) is the absolute worst of all.

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