Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,988 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,988 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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
3.0
Jun 24, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

fast-paced environment good exposure good projects get accelerated quickly

Cons

just got laid off despite doing great work because of favoritism after converting into full time for 1 month and 3 weeks before being laid off, I was pushed badly by stakeholders to finish an innovative job for 24 hours a day, The stakeholders latter accelerated my work to the SVP without fking giving me any credit. told my manager, but didn't get any support. The managers also pushed me to finish another large-scaled project ( yes, as a new comer) alone and did UI, backend, product design and product launching job, testing all by fking myself, ASAP (well, turns out they would like to maximize my contribution before letting me fking go). Asked for support, multiple fking time, didn't get any also. Also, projects given me, a new employee, are all the so-called 'low-priority' projects that they thought were dead-ends, so they can be free to do something 'more exciting', while I managed to make these project more impactful and long-lasting, my effort was still limited, and turns-out, also was a legitimate reason to let me leave. Was under some much pressure coz being sacred of being laid off, so worked for long hours, and indeed got good results as well as great feedbacks from clients, but still got fking chosen to be let go, and they pushed back saying they didn't make the choice. I had a track record of successful academic achievements and multiple internships, I am now out of job, as a new graduate, with 1 month and 3 weeks experience to find another one in 2 months.

3.0
Jun 20, 2024

Poor Management trickles down

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Pros

The baseline people are some of the best people I have ever worked with. They made me want to come to work each day and I have taken away some of my closest friends from my time there. The work is not difficult for the pay, there is opportunity for growth HOWEVER….

Cons

Management has a lot to do with it. If you have a good manager who is invested in your growth, you will receive the opportunities that will get you to next level. Unfortunately, those managers are few and far between. Most advancements are based less on merit and more on being friends with the right people. Bad employees often see little repercussion because KPI’s reflect quantity not quality and good employees often have to do the cleanup without recognition. Layoffs are more frequent than what appears in the news and the team continually gets asked to do more with less in favor of automation that barely works and tanks customer satisfaction. Also, I’ve worked a lot of customer facing roles in my life some with everyday average Joe customers, some with very high profile high end clientele and without a doubt Tesla had the absolute worst and most entitled customer base I’ve ever experienced. I’m not sure what attracts them, I’m sure part of it is self induced from Tesla but if you are applying for customer facing roles be prepared for that.

1.0
May 29, 2024

stressful

Anonymous employee
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Pros

almost nothing, the very little benefit was deluted

Cons

too many to list, stress on first place, fake promises by superiors, long unjustifiable hours and constantly changing for worse

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