Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,992 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 11,992 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
5.0
Jul 8, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

AMAZING WORK ENVIRONMENT! Everyone is happy to help, everyone strives for success, and appreciates intelligence and hard work.

Cons

Can be exhausting, as it is a very busy company. But whenever you have your head down, and feel down, talk to the people around you. The environment is motivating to say the least, and sometimes seems like a fun competition to get stuff done.

3.0
Jun 27, 2015

Product Specialist

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cool coworkers, everyone's passionate about the company, rewarding to be a part of a revolutionary movement.

Cons

They keep you just under full-time so they don't have to give you benefits, and you can't maintain another job. It's the most demanding part-time job ever; you even have homework sometimes. $13.75 an hour is ridiculously low. Not a living wage.

4.0
May 18, 2015

Utopia with it's struggles

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Corporate takes good care of their employees by providing one of the best benefit packages including stock options and various perks. It's an incredible feeling to not only be able to invest into our planet's future, but also be working with a cutting edge technology that's represented by and embodied in something as beautiful as Model S.

Cons

First generation of junior management in Tesla Motors comes from it's own earlier blue collar workers without any management background. That causes lack of leadership and substitution thereof with the ability to make friends with your manager. Work process at times is highly inefficient causing some employees having to pick up slack after the ones that could do better. HR and management fail to evaluate employees based on performance at entry positions that makes it very difficult to stand out. You will get a feeling that company is just going after a mystical unicorn-like employee and will only give you promotion after they feel like they owe you one after all these years that you invested yet promotions are not something unheard of and seem very chaotic and random

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