Does Tesla pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Tesla employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Tesla. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Tesla?

58% of Tesla employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Tesla 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Tesla?

Production Associate (732) , Software Engineer (389) , Intern (378) , Advisor (243) , Sales Advisor (241) , Engineer (184) , Material Handler (175) , Product Specialist (165) , Data Annotation Specialist (156) , Technician (144) , Internship (124) , Project Manager (122) , Mechanical Engineer (121) , Manufacturing Engineer (115) , Manager (112)

What are the pros of working at Tesla according to real employee reviews?

"great benefits and full of incredible opportunities" ((in 1061 reviews)); "Great people and feels great to be apart of the overall mission of the company." ((in 780 reviews)); "Working with great teams and highly motivated colleagues means that you find ways to succeed against the odds." ((in 377 reviews)); "Team culture is great and you do feel a part of something bigger" ((in 249 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and helpful" ((in 243 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Tesla according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and very demanding" ((in 812 reviews)); "very poor management; no life and work balance; pay rate is miserable according to the work being done." ((in 699 reviews)); "Long hours and increased job responsibilities without increasing the support to help get those responsibilities done." ((in 684 reviews)); "Manager was bad." ((in 248 reviews)); "Long hours are expected" ((in 233 reviews))

What are employees saying about Tesla layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Tesla layoffs and their outlook for job security at Tesla in 2026.

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3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,938 total reviews)

Elon Musk

59% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

2.9

Senior management

2.8

Work/Life balance

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,938 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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4.0

Aug 13, 2013

Exciting Company that is going places

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

What could be more fun that working with high performance electric cars and their cool owners? Got to drive the cars pretty often, work was challenging, lots of interaction with some very interesting owners.

Cons

Company was extremely closed between the various layers. For example, I received a call from a very well known media company that wanted to cover Tesla but couldn't get ahold of anyone at the Tesla PR Team. I tried reaching out internally and was actually punished for attempting to reach out to another division. This type of behavior was common for other issues as well. It stifled competitiveness and innovation. Was also overall very frustrating to be treated in such a way.

3.0

Aug 6, 2013

Still developing

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lot to do.....lot to learn

Cons

very hard on family life...for a long time. No work life balance. No organization, no systems

4.0

Jul 9, 2013

Exciting, exhilirating, crazy and scary, all at the same time.

Senior electoral engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to work with cutting edge technology on great products with a team of highly talented and experienced people - changing the world.

Cons

Tesla has a lot of very opinionated and at times arrogant Stanford graduates. It is very apparent that the experience of automakers in Detroit does not really impress Tesla folks......this could be a bad thing....

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