Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,963 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 11,963 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
2.0
Dec 16, 2018

Management Hell

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good / Great benefits / Free shuttle service / Free cereal, milk, coffee

Cons

Too many leads or supervisors with minimal experience / confusion within teams / not enough time clocks per area / if you complain about conduct of your lead then you find yourself transferred elsewhere / human resources takes days to get back to you / favoritism is key for top reviews or promotions.

3.0
Nov 20, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great sign on bonus, great medical benefits, good people to work with, even if it's because expect to survive through herd immunity.

Cons

Lack of visionary middle management. Lots of managers out to make a name for themselves rather than really trying to motivate employees to help achieve company goals. Lots of underhanded approaches. Lots of managerial ethical flexibility. Watched a lot of people line their pockets and steal from customers and the company. Reporting this to upper and middle management didn't accomplish anything and ultimately - I was the one who lost their job. Heavy trial and error process implementation with a great lack of information sharing. Lots of nepotism.

1.0
Nov 8, 2018

Under the Guise of Changing the World...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, overtime (no work life balance), benefits

Cons

Outrageous, unaccomplishable goals. Unethical behavior in dealing with customers, unethical behavior in respecting state laws, you will be asked and encouraged to lie to customers, the company is extremely disorganized and internal teams fight with one another to determine who is "responsible" for any given task instead of collaborating for the greater good of the company vision. Young, inexperienced managers who lack life experience. Zero work-life balance: you will be given projects late in the day, hours before you leave, and expected to stay late in the evening before "earning the privilege" to go home. Goals change daily. Promises are made via Twitter before a fix or methodoloy to address said promise is ever put in place, if it ever is. An overall terrible experience for the employee and customer. Zero training, you will be expected to know proprietary information and requests for additional training will fall on deaf ears. Completely shocking given this is... TESLA.

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