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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
3.0
Nov 1, 2022

Still acting like a startup

Recommend
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Pros

If you're efficient and a go-getter you will be recognized and rewarded with promotions very quickly - age and experience is not a factor (I was one of the youngest managers in my department); Competitive pay; Great benefit packages including free medical insurance; ESPP & Stock Awards; Shared company mission & passionate workers (all levels); Household name and well-known so you will get attention everywhere; Casual expectations for standard "corporate" things such as dress code, professional language, etc.

Cons

Absolutely no work/life balance - the ask and demand at the company's current capacity is too extremely high that turnover rate is atrocious; Work from home is prohibited, so the company has lost some great talent recently and full capacity factories are leading to a surprising amount of unproductive time; Having a public and outspoken CEO leads to crashing stock prices just before employee vesting periods; Engineering teams are favored over support roles and factory roles and are not subject to as many layoffs; Salaried employees are given Flexible Time Off (FTO) instead of PTO, it's claimed to be unlimited but individual managers are allowed to cap allotment at their judgement; HR as a whole has little to no interaction with workers and non-management roles, they are only used to process promotions, performance reviews, or issue disciplinary actions and help managers meet minimal performance requirements.

1.0
Oct 31, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

you get pretty great amounts of stocks if you make it for it to fully vest

Cons

It is culturally one of the worst places to work and they don't care about their employees at all

1.0
Oct 21, 2022

Terrible Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have decent office spaces with free coffee.

Cons

They don’t pay you hardly at all and there is no growth opportunity

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