-NO work/life balance- 13-16 hour days, expect to work most weekends, time off for vacation is about as likely as having a tyrannosaurus Rex as a romantic partner. There is always more work to be done, which causes the long work days and the weekends.
-One question to ask yourself before accepting a job here "Are you ready to be married to Tesla"? A fellow supervisor said it best..."Tesla is an ok place to work if you don't want to have a life". Seriously, if you want to make it here, you have to give Tesla every last drop of you, even then its not enough.
-Pay- On paper the salary looks ok. Its not. This is the Bay Area. You are paid just enough to stay out of poverty. Most of the associates (hourly employees) live in the valley...which is an hour east. So if you want to work here and live in East Bay, be prepared for high rent, high food prices...high everything. You want a raise during your yearly evaluation? Expect something that doesn't even match inflation, and more stock thats vested over a long time...see next billet point.
-Stock Bonus- We are enticed with a pretty decent stock bonus. BUT...the whole thing is vested OVER 4 years (25% of it each year). Guess what...few managers or supervisors have actually even been here that long.
-OTHER employees- If you try to tell an associate, who is not in your department, what to do (i.e. a safety thing, or to turn music down, or to not cut in line) the employee will disrespect you and whine that you're not his supervisor. Tesla coddles their hourly employees so its hard to enforce common sense or safety issues without it turing into an HR complaint.
