Tesla reviews

Prepare to literally work yourself to death if you ever become a manager. It’s relentless, with huge amounts of pressure with senior managers telling you what you should and shouldn’t do, without ever getting their hands dirty. No one senior with influence ever steps in to apologise for the condition of the product, so the local staff get it in the neck. Moved completely away from a company that does whatever it can to provide excellence to customer to delivering numbers and getting the share price up. The new thread of senior managers, bar one or two, are here on a power trip, not because they are passionate about the brand. And it shows, no one cares about the car, the craftsmanship, the quality - but any mistake will result in being told how much better you could be. It’s a case of showcasing themselves because they can say they were ‘strong’ with someone. People generally last 2 years before they jump because you really do have to put Tesla first if you are a manager.

Work life balance is given no consideration, expect to be at work/on call 24/7, even worse when you are good at your job. Employee turn over rate is high, most engineers will tell you they don't expect to be at the company in 2 years time, even those just starting. Tesla really fails when it comes to developing their employees. There is no care into what projects individuals want to do and lean towards, everyone just needs to be carbon copies of good controls engineers and that's what every manager wants. It also doesn't help that motivation is through fear. Elon is more feared than respected. The drive is to never show up on Elon's radar. I heard someone put it quite well "Tesla is a great company to come from, but not a great company to be in". Any job you take after this will feel like a vacation. Teams are pushed to be homogenous and not heterogenous, meaning that everyone is meant to be a cog of the same size in the wheel. No thought at all is given to differences between individuals. Things like team diversity or using the individuals strengths of people to the full capacity are things for other companies that have visions past the next 3-6 months.