Tesla, to put it lightly, is an extremely harsh company.
They employ intimidation tactics and in a heartbeat, will offer your spot to someone else if there is an inch out of line or any sort of disagreement with the stringent terms they've offered. They know that they're in high demand and will use this to their advantage to make their interns and employees feel worthless.
I am personally in a very difficult financial situation, being a scholarship-dependent student, and have had difficulties with acquiring affordable housing for my internship period. I have been told in the past that they do not provide housing for interns that attend universities in the area, albeit I know people from the area that have received housing compensation. I inquired again about housing compensation nonetheless and was met with an email scheduling a conference call with the recruiter and my manager with the overall threat of having my offer rescinded. There is zero room for dialogue.
Bottom line: Tesla lets you know that you're expendable and that there is no room to have extenuating circumstances because there are easily twenty other people they could replace you with.
