Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,937 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 11,937 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
May 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Ability to take on new initiatives and lead complex project - Your work and accomplishments have a direct impact on the company’s bottom line - Supportive team members - Lots of eye candy

Cons

- Poor leadership: lack of mentorship, training, coaching, guidance - Toxic culture: unrealistic expectations and deadlines, lots of finger pointing, lack of accountability - Unstructured organization: lack of clarity on person’s responsibility so you have to wear many hats and accept work outside of your scope/expertise - No flexibility to work from home: mandatory to be onsite 40 hours a week

2.0
Dec 21, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- free cereal and snacks - we used to have free soft drinks but that machine hasn't worked for 3-4 months - holidays, you can always leave on time - you get to put "tesla" on your resume - a lot of great co workers - great (free) healthcare, dental, vision

Cons

- this is not a glamorous job, its not like a google or facebook, you're called an "engineer" but please dont be fooled, you're getting 18.70 an hour a few bucks more than McDonalds, we aren't engineers. - this job is luck of the draw, if you're lucky you'll be put in a good workflow and can maybe work your way up the ladder, if not, you're screwed. - They like to rapidly switch and make people relearn things constantly, those people are the unlucky group previously mentioned, the lucky group stays in the same role their entire tenure and gets to move up. Again, unfortunately its luck of the draw - Management wont listen to you, theyre good at pretending to listen to you but they're just trained to fire back at you the corporate script - no raises. (yes, really) - they banned celebrating Christmas? I don't even know. - I might seem overly negative hear but look at my coworkers reviews and judge for yourself. Be very careful before taking this job just bc you see "tesla" my eyes also glazed over.

1.0
May 8, 2020

Glorified Sweatshop

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good health benefits (but at what cost?)

Cons

12h shifts Condescending management Intimidation culture Will treat you less than a human being Unsafe work environment Personnel in management are inexperienced children trying to impress their "equals" creating a culture of idiocy and immature popularity club. If you're a socially "attractive" white male in your 20's, you'll be promoted to an undeserving management position inflating your ego to treat people below you like garbage. HR is a joke. Office personnel is just a big fraternity/sorority. What foul thing are you willing to do for Tesla? If you fit in at an egotistical shallow community, Tesla is your place to apply. If you're trying to apply for a production associate (or entry level manufacturing positions) be ready to be treated like garbage. Your hard work will only reflect good on others and opportunity to move up depends on how good you look with the rest of the "team". Be aware, they will trick you to make you feel like you're in a safe environment and that you matter. During a fire inside the building, the personnel was never evacuated and forced to "cleaning duty" while being under a cloud of smoke that was "irritating but safe for breathing". BEWARE, it's a glorified sweatshop.

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