Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,997 total reviews)
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Elon Musk

59% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,997 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
Business Outlook

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.

4.0
Feb 15, 2017

PS

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growing company, possibility to quick promotions if you are skilled enough. Cool brand to work with and looks good on your CV.

Cons

Long hours, Your work day is measured by activities so feels like someone is always checking that you do something.

4.0
Feb 15, 2017

Innovative and passionate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-fast moving -great team -great products -great mission

Cons

-the company culture can be described as "workaholic", be aware that you have to satisfy your private life for the company if you want to be successful within. in that respect elon is the rolemodel. -salary is ok, but competitors pay better relative to the work-life-balance

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