Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,930 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 11,930 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 Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
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.

1.0
Sep 25, 2015

Wish GlassDoor Had Negative Stars

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Can't think of any, seriously. In few years there'll be tons of companies that produce EVs, then you'll see what I meant. Oh, real pros for big bunch of people who don't know what they are doing but get put in management positions in this seemingly glamorous company, and keep driving real work bees out.

Cons

Elon is really a cheap, cheap cheap guy. None of the vehicles interior feels comfortable. Can't even be compared with Corolla. And he claims because the battery costs too much. Dumb rich people just keep throwing money to him. What's wrong with those dummies? How does he treat his 12k employees? Like maids and slaves. Lot of them haven't got 1 cent of raise in last couple of years. The darn company doesn't even have a cafeteria. Frozen WholeFood boxes are the one they sell onsite. No 401k match,....., I can list tons of ways he dirt treats his employees. Gee, is Tesla the only company on earth that poor people can find jobs? I won't be surprised one day someone takes him to a serious court and whole world will pause 'why on earth did I spend so much money on that devil?'

5.0
Feb 19, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Fascinating work, great co-workers, fantastic managers. If you put in hard work, you'll see the fruits of your labor in the real world pushing the boundaries of electric vehicle and grid battery technology.

Cons

Lower pay compared to Google, FB, etc. There's also very limiting food options nearby and no food at headquarters other than cereal.

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