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
2.0
Feb 21, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's exciting to work for a company that's so bold and innovative. The products are out of this world and the eco mission of the company is very attractive and personally motivating.

Cons

There were huge disappointments from broken promises of career growth and general lack of organization the permeated the sales department. Remember, Tesla is a young and innovative company but that also means it has many frustrating growth pains. For example: Managers that are unqualified and generally immature, but they've been around the company for a few years so they act like Tesla Gods. This made getting time off difficult, because the inexperienced sales managers looked at it as a lack of work ethic that would damage sales instead of a normal human need. Their immaturity also showed when they are confronted with new sales ideas. These were met with suspicion or general disinterest as if they already knew everything possible about automotive sales, a task the organization is absurdly new to. There was also a lack of organized career paths to move up interdepartmentally or change departments from, for example, sales to engineering or marketing. There were promises of growth first from the recruiters and later the sales managers, but to no avail. Managers moved around so much that the benchmark to gain promotion moved just as frequently, so you're left tossing in the waves. Tesla is amazingly forward thinking on automotive and sustainable technology but, in the walls of the sales department, it already felt stale, confusing, too lethargic towards new ideas and too rigid for new talent to grow.

1.0
Nov 28, 2016

Horrible place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cant think of any except the fact that its a "famous company"

Cons

Much lower salaries , expect you to work 12 hour days on a regular basis, you can be called to work anytime on weekends. Company is full of politics and unless you are a politician yourself good luck getting any success. Really regret joining this company and wasting my time there when my friends had been through similar experiences before. People who joined the company early on have been promoted to even director levels when guess what they don't even have a relevant bachelor's degree... Sorry state of affairs at this company! I saw all my extremely talented friends leave one by one because they were tired of the unreasonable demands & lack of growth.

1.0
Aug 17, 2016

The Good, the Bad and The Ugly

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The mission is inspiring. The clientele is wonderful.

Cons

Employees are seen as a resource to be used up and thrown away with the trash. You will dedicate years of your like, working 120+ hours a week, evenings, weekends to support the "mission." Once the company sees you as replaceable or no longer useful (because you are burnt out and a shadow of your former self at this point) they kick you to the curb. There is no loyalty. Somedays you feel great! Other days, for no reason, your are in fear of being fired on the spot for some mytery infraction. You never know what each day will bring. It's like walking on broken glass, trying to do your best and further the mission. You will always love Tesla. They will never love you back. So sad. It doesn't have to be this way. But this is the reality.

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