Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,933 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 11,933 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
Jul 29, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

I love Tesla and Elon’s companies. I drive a Tesla and would not want any other car. It’s an amazing company and it’s rare to find a job at a company that I actually love. Co workers all over the country are the coolest people. I feel that I belong.

Cons

Pay is low and no benefits. If you don’t love Tesla, you won’t like working here. Most of us put up with the low pay and lack of benefits because of our love for the mission and the products. Tesla definitely takes advantage of employees. At my site, the majority of the employees are part time on paper but required to work 35-40 hours a week in order to have the minimum coverage in the store. Most of us have been there 2+ years and still part time and have been working full time hours the entire duration because Tesla continues to dangle the carrot. It isn’t right that adults with children working full time hours are not provided with health insurance. Management is an extremely high turn around. My site alone has had 3 general managers in 2 years and 3 different regional managers in 2 years.

2.0
Jan 31, 2021

Not great, not terrible

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great product, hype around it in Germany (Gigafactory). The company will do great as it has the support of everyone in Brandeburg/Germany so it is basically set for success. - Some of the colleagues in Berlin Giga are very nice and helpful - the atmosphere was (2020) very start-upy for those who like it, as the majority of employees just moved to Berlin/did not speak German....

Cons

- Management and planning are not Tesla's stronger side, as a lot of people got hired and then let go within weeks/ months due to poor resource management/planning/ not-making-a-decision-Elon-is-okay-with. I can imagine that this type of management will not work great in Germany, where people want stability and long-term employer... Tesla is a great innovative company, but if you will leave your cosy job to come here, make sure to be ready for anything. As they themselves admitted it - you come here for the challenge and innovation, not for the money and job security. - This is particularly difficult if you reallocate to Berlin (sometimes with your family) and then within 2-6 months get fired - i have seen it happen. So have that in mind and be ready to take a risk... - Recruitment process is not...the best. Expect to have a lot of interviews, get calls from recruiters to set up an interview in the middle of your working day and to not get all the information beforehand (as in - they make an offer, then tell you they need to do a reference check - so the process takes ages.) HR is non-existent and confused with whose responsibility what is.

1.0
May 14, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A paycheck. Free coffee. Genetic brand Cereal at the cafeteria.

Cons

Management gets recycled every 5 months, tops. Unrealistic deadlines and expectations coming from ignorants or inexperienced. Most of the management doesnt understand complexity of anything they are looking at, nor care. Numerous teams working on the same thing, never even care to cross paths. Never before worked for a company where employee meant so little, at all levels. HR without any backbone, just blindly following orders from the above. Changing direction every Monday. Overall a very demotivating place.

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