Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,952 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,952 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
Sep 23, 2014

Overworked and undercompensated

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It is a small company trying to change the world, but it comes at a price. Lower level employees and upper management are easy to get a long with. There is a high possibility of travelling international which is nice. Moderate amount of job training now.

Cons

Everyone in middle management wants to be Elon Musk, but none of them will be. Micromanaging is the norm. Middle management has erroneous spending habits and disguises them as "innovation". No trust or respect for hard work, if you pretend like you are working hard you get rewarded. The yearly review system is broken, maximum of 3% raise per year for EXCEPTIONAL performance (3% is average in most every other company, most end up with a 1% raise (less than inflation). Personal growth with the company is non-existent, the "hire from within" motto is a joke. Salaries are well bellow the market rate, but they say the ESPP makes up for it. Benefits are MEH

4.0
Feb 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A great place to be able to showcase what you can bring, new ideas and ways of doing things are always received well and appreciated. A solid group of people who are very passionate about what they do, some slightly too much! A great basic salary for the industry which leads to a general sense of working together rather than simply commission based pushy methods etc. A very strong and exciting future ahead and it feels great working for a company that seems to honestly care about making a change to our planet and species. We do actually want to make a difference. Our future looking way of working along with our innovation brings a great potential for personal gain too.

Cons

They expect a lot of hours and personal time to be used for working out of the office. For people who enjoy what they do, this is not much of an issue but it can sometimes be overwhelming to have a day off where you spend 40% of the time on your laptop or phone. The company is trying to be new in as many ways as possible, this means that some processes are not yet fool proof or even any good! Can be frustrating to see good people wasted due to inefficient promoting of good staff, we have lost good people due to this.

3.0
Mar 1, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great pastoral setting in Deer Creek with horses all around - Free cereal / soda - Smart and fun coworkers - lots of trips planned outside of work, hanging out, and exercising together - Oftentimes can get a lot of responsibility if you seek it - Opportunities to pick up many new skills if you are self motivated

Cons

- very difficult to switch groups, internal mobility is low - effective mentorship / growth opportunities are nonexistent for junior engineers. A lot of engineering is done "on the fly" by inexperienced people - decisions from executive management often seem arbitrary and designed for short term stock goals as opposed to long term strategy - tendency to hire overqualified people for mundane tasks, not follow through on promises made during recruitment, and then fire those who get pigeon holed into working on things well below their pay grade

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