Tesla reviews

Elon and his little buddy Jerome are absolute tyrants and make a mockery of whatever razor thin HR standards are left here. You can have an entire room of amazing, experienced employees explaining a situation with clear evidence and proposed solutions but if one of these guys is in a bad mood - which seems to be most of the time - then discussions will get cut short, the meeting devolves rapidly into one of them shouting and then nothing gets done. It is painful to watch all of this potential being wasted, as more and more of the best people I (used to) work with quit out of frustration or are pushed out for daring to say something even slightly different than what upper management thinks. Other people complain about the work-life balance, lack of perks, etc, but none of that would (or should) matter if we had calm, professional leaders.

Elon manages by fear ... he is unpredictable - he believes he is untouchable and that he knows better than everyone else - everyone including his direct reports are too afraid to tell him the truth (because he fires at will) so he is surrounded by impotent staff who don’t ever tell him he is wrong or provide appropriate guidance (and if they do, they are no longer employed there) There is no obvious strategic plan or structure - if there was the workforce wouldn’t balloon by 30% resulting in layoffs when they realize they have too many staff to be profitable There is no organizational structure to speak of so multiple teams are duplicating functions and projects resulting in inefficiencies and a lack of meaningful progress Leadership is rewarded for being jerks and treating people badly as they mistake bad management for strength - Management by fear and from crisis to crisis only undermines progress and erodes employees trust and effectiveness - senior leadership lies all the time