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
2.0
Oct 5, 2024

I can’t wait to leave

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free health insurance. Interesting products. Some nice people.

Cons

It’s so backwards. It has a WW2 mentality and we’re all supposed to buy in to the idea that we should give every last bit of utility we can muster from our lives in exchange for under market pay with 2-3% raises and 3-4% bonuses every other year. I’m 3 years in, overqualified for my position, constantly praised for my work, but have no idea of my path to advancement despite requesting a roadmap. Leadership is not inspirational, simply fear-based and political. The attitude toward employees and vendors is “you should count yourself lucky to work with Tesla”. Someone leaves? Your team is lucky to get approval to backfill. There is 0 budget for professional development, continuing ed conferences, etc. I’m not even that overworked like some describe; the environment just sucks. I miss my old job.

1.0
Aug 15, 2024

Data Analyst

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Job pays well if you can move up the ranks.

Cons

Nobody in higher leadership is qualified for their position. No matter how hard you work you will get laid off.

3.0
Jun 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

fast-paced environment good exposure good projects get accelerated quickly

Cons

just got laid off despite doing great work because of favoritism after converting into full time for 1 month and 3 weeks before being laid off, I was pushed badly by stakeholders to finish an innovative job for 24 hours a day, The stakeholders latter accelerated my work to the SVP without fking giving me any credit. told my manager, but didn't get any support. The managers also pushed me to finish another large-scaled project ( yes, as a new comer) alone and did UI, backend, product design and product launching job, testing all by fking myself, ASAP (well, turns out they would like to maximize my contribution before letting me fking go). Asked for support, multiple fking time, didn't get any also. Also, projects given me, a new employee, are all the so-called 'low-priority' projects that they thought were dead-ends, so they can be free to do something 'more exciting', while I managed to make these project more impactful and long-lasting, my effort was still limited, and turns-out, also was a legitimate reason to let me leave. Was under some much pressure coz being sacred of being laid off, so worked for long hours, and indeed got good results as well as great feedbacks from clients, but still got fking chosen to be let go, and they pushed back saying they didn't make the choice. I had a track record of successful academic achievements and multiple internships, I am now out of job, as a new graduate, with 1 month and 3 weeks experience to find another one in 2 months.

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