Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,952 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 11,952 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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2.0
May 21, 2015

Know what you are getting into

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You get to work on one of the coolest cars currently being built, and there are endless opportunities to push the boundaries in areas that interest you. Most everyone gets excited to talk about your job when they find out you work for Tesla (and lets face it, who doesn't like to geek out on your work?) You are surrounded by brilliant and passionate people, though most bounce back and forth between loving and hating the place.

Cons

There is no work-life balance whatsoever, management changes course of action like a 2 year old surrounded by candy, toys, and bright lights. You will be seriously underpaid no matter what you do.

4.0
May 19, 2015

Control Engineering

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They were very friendly and the company enviroment was great

Cons

It had very long interview (6 hours) with 7 diffrenet people from different depratments and each one them asked very technical questions which required to have a good experience at their fields

4.0
May 18, 2015

Utopia with it's struggles

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Corporate takes good care of their employees by providing one of the best benefit packages including stock options and various perks. It's an incredible feeling to not only be able to invest into our planet's future, but also be working with a cutting edge technology that's represented by and embodied in something as beautiful as Model S.

Cons

First generation of junior management in Tesla Motors comes from it's own earlier blue collar workers without any management background. That causes lack of leadership and substitution thereof with the ability to make friends with your manager. Work process at times is highly inefficient causing some employees having to pick up slack after the ones that could do better. HR and management fail to evaluate employees based on performance at entry positions that makes it very difficult to stand out. You will get a feeling that company is just going after a mystical unicorn-like employee and will only give you promotion after they feel like they owe you one after all these years that you invested yet promotions are not something unheard of and seem very chaotic and random

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