Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,939 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 11,939 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
4.0
Aug 23, 2014

Purchasing Specialist

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growing dynamic company. Good benefits. Stocks and medical. Money just so so.

Cons

Work life balance just so so.

1.0
Aug 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Decent wages -Top Notch Benefits:cheap insurance, stock options, PTO, holiday pay -Free food and beverages -Lots of enthusiasm for the product -Dress code and "uniform" is relaxed, many employees can wear jeans to work

Cons

-Long hours, lots of working on weekends, and having to work during time off: Management does not respect employees have lives/families outside if work -Stores often don't close during bad weather (hurricanes, ice storms) when it's unsafe for customers and employees to drive -Employee morale behind the scenes is terrible -Poor communication: between sales to service and corporate to the local stores -Training program could be more proactive and occur sooner for newer employees -Employees are not given pertinent information before customers receive it -Day-to-day standard operating procedures constantly changing -CEO makes unrealistic promises to the customer but, doesn't have to hear the customers yell when they are not delivered -Disorganization -Inability to balance the growing amount of sales/deliveries with great "service" afterwards in some areas there is over 300 miles to the nearest service center from the customers home. Service appointments have to be made months in advance and Service is usually unequipped to timely handle emergencies with customer's cars

3.0
Aug 3, 2014

Grateful to work for Tesla Motors

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free drinks and cereal. Great employees. New technology and knowing were changing the world one car at a time. Transportation provided by Tesla. Valet parking Stock options

Cons

Management puts up new hiring positions but they already picked the employee out of favouritism before reviewing other internal applicants resumes. Management also lack leadership and don't understand the work their technicians do. Human resource takes no action against management and supervisors mistakes. Pay rate is very low and pay raises are all based on how much you bug or brown nose management for a raise instead of performance.

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