Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,951 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 11,951 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 Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
4.0
Jul 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working for Tesla you are always on the cusp of technology, awesome coworkers, and incredible cars. Most of the people that work here are incredibly smart and passionate about the company, car and the future. They provide training for the position, if you're qualified and they can prime you for promotion. Promotions are definitely preferred from within, so expect to move up as the company expands and grows.

Cons

The hours are insane. There is no avoiding that. They hire one person to do 3 people's job...and it shows. With that being said, when you love the company and product(s) enough, it doesn't seem as daunting as another job might be.

3.0
May 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Ability to take on new initiatives and lead complex project - Your work and accomplishments have a direct impact on the company’s bottom line - Supportive team members - Lots of eye candy

Cons

- Poor leadership: lack of mentorship, training, coaching, guidance - Toxic culture: unrealistic expectations and deadlines, lots of finger pointing, lack of accountability - Unstructured organization: lack of clarity on person’s responsibility so you have to wear many hats and accept work outside of your scope/expertise - No flexibility to work from home: mandatory to be onsite 40 hours a week

2.0
Dec 21, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- free cereal and snacks - we used to have free soft drinks but that machine hasn't worked for 3-4 months - holidays, you can always leave on time - you get to put "tesla" on your resume - a lot of great co workers - great (free) healthcare, dental, vision

Cons

- this is not a glamorous job, its not like a google or facebook, you're called an "engineer" but please dont be fooled, you're getting 18.70 an hour a few bucks more than McDonalds, we aren't engineers. - this job is luck of the draw, if you're lucky you'll be put in a good workflow and can maybe work your way up the ladder, if not, you're screwed. - They like to rapidly switch and make people relearn things constantly, those people are the unlucky group previously mentioned, the lucky group stays in the same role their entire tenure and gets to move up. Again, unfortunately its luck of the draw - Management wont listen to you, theyre good at pretending to listen to you but they're just trained to fire back at you the corporate script - no raises. (yes, really) - they banned celebrating Christmas? I don't even know. - I might seem overly negative hear but look at my coworkers reviews and judge for yourself. Be very careful before taking this job just bc you see "tesla" my eyes also glazed over.

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