Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,960 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 11,960 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
Dec 20, 2017

Beware

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to make friends with fellow employees within your rank. Unfortunately, this experience was overall disheartening.

Cons

Very little upward mobility, double standards, contrary to their motto - integrity and honesty/visibility are not excercised by management. Extreme stress and daily increased workload without additional compensation or incentive. Very little recognition, and many times upper management will take credit for any proposed ideas. None of my fellow coworkers were happy, and were actively looking to move on from the company. Managers and supervisors are likely to keep you from transcending from Customer Care into a different department. This is often because they fear losing the handful of people that are able to perform this incredibly stressful and difficult job without speaking out against the numerable unpleasantries. Managers are often unprofessional and dodge responsibility. Many make themselves appear too busy to help in an effort to keep from working hard or confront challenging situations. Customers are often given the run around because of management’s incompetance. Agents are required to “own” all situations, but it became obvious that this tactic is utilized so that Supervisors and Customer Care Managers don’t have to offer assistance outside of passive, indirect advisement. Really toxic environment with little to no opportunity for growth. Would NOT recommend to anyone looking for a positive or progressive work environment.

2.0
Dec 12, 2017

Production associate

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good insurance benefits, opportunity to learn a trade, free soft drinks and cereal

Cons

12 hour shifts 4 to 5 days a week. Only one 30 minute break. On your feet all day . Pay is horrible and there’s no increase or bonus if your qualified to do more, so in other words, the new hire or other employees that do easy task, the employee doing hard and dangerous task get paid the same, like moving 30ton dies with a crane in tight areas. Unfair pay. I’ve only been here for 4 months and I’m already looking for a new job. No work life balance. Lots of politics to move up.

2.0
Oct 4, 2017

Solar Concierge Supervisor

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture before layoffs. Ability to move up

Cons

Massive layoffs with terrible severance packages. Loyal employees were promised help from HR to help with job searching, no help was ever given. Some employees had worked for SolarCity/ Tesla for 5+ years and left hanging out to dry.

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