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 Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Jan 4, 2018

Just No

Recommend
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Pros

Good people who work hard, brand recognition, health benefits are great.

Cons

Pay is TERRIBLE, they think that saying "i work at tesla" is going to pay your bills. The back end process is horrible and the customer suffers for it every time. in the energy side (ex solarcity and malls) there is no support, comp plans keep getting worse and there is no opportunity for advancement even if you are a top producer.

1.0
Oct 17, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good name on your CV Being hired it's very easy You can understand more about the electric car industry Standing and talking with people most of the time

Cons

Horrible management system No HR available to talk with I saw many people with good performance fired in a day and other bad employees being happy for this A lot of negative competition among colleagues Low commitment I was expecting much more clever people around me I just found average employees getting this job You don't need to study and 3 degrees for this job Sometimes I got some discrimination cases because of my nationality and my accent

2.0
Dec 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

the vision and mission of the company is inspiring; the cars are amazing in their own way.

Cons

China is the second largest market for Tesla and everyone here at Tesla China is working their butts off to reach every target sales/inventory sales for the quarter; * We get paid by 3 times less than avg Tesla employees in the US (a product specialist get paid about $6.34/hr before tax in China), while striving to double and even triple the amount of sales quarter after quarter. * With only 20- 30 Tesla stores opened to date in China, headcounts from sales to delivery to order operations are extremely limited due to low budget set by the company, everyone is working 3-4 times over what they were signed up for, while enjoy the lowest base pay across the planet. * Provided the so-called best health insurance for employees, but it was mainly a hoax. No one likes to work until totally exhausted and burnt up then go to see the doctors for free hospital rooms. And more importantly, we simply don't have the time to enjoy free massages because of the tons load amount of work * Liability/Responsibility is very high. You can get warned and fired for almost anything relevant to a customer complaint. *The number of sales regulations are booming like rockets, you just get bombed with all the policy changes and sales strategy changes. Ask for a 3 days off and then come back, I guarantee you will think that you are at a different company. And as product specialist, we are essentially doing the same work as owner advisors, from the greetings to customers all the way to the end of their delivery, you have to be with the customers every step of the way, while maintaining your KPI ( and most of our KPI is far more difficult to maintain compare to our colleagues in the US)

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