Tesla reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,955 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 11,955 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
Oct 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Get to drive the cars. Meet some amazing people.

Cons

Extremely Boring. You repeat the price of the cars over and over again. On weekends you get to enhance your parenting skills as you constantly have children running in and out of the cars whilst managers and sales advisors 'work.' You are rated on how many leads you can get however the product specialists who get promoted have the lowest number of leads. Management never give you feedback on how you're doing unless Elon or somebody from corporate maybe visiting the store. Did I mention how extremely boring it is...... With no price guidelines anywhere on the shop floor repeating the same thing just gets annoying. You will definitely at one point have to come in on your day off. The company is so reactive to situations its scary, no sense of organisation at all. It took me 6 weeks to get my Tesla uniform for work and business cards, everything just takes long. Some product specialist actually do the role of sales advisors and get nothing for it. Have to work late shifts and weekends

4.0
Sep 4, 2016

Career Gains and Growing Pains

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Tesla is far and away the most exciting place to be at the moment. Your work is meaningful, your managers listen to you, and you get access to information and people that make every day a joy. You get access to problems way above your pay grade, and you're encouraged to try things that might not always work.

Cons

This comes with a cost though, as a lack of formality means you fend for yourself a lot. You do work yourself where a few extra hands would go a long way, and you'll spend way too much time waiting for people in meetings.

1.0
Jul 24, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fellow Production associates and leads are excellent!

Cons

Management team is the worst I have ever encountered. I worked for Burger King when I was sixteen and thought, I would never see management as bad as they where, again in my career, and I was correct for over 30 years, until I started working for Tesla! Top 10 Total disregard for assembly associates! Total lack of communication! Management guidance non-existent The production line downtime is 4 to 6 hours per shift. no fail-safes to keep the line moving Upper Management is horrible at planning or executing! Massive amounts of overtime, and still can't come close to achieving production goals! Thousands of non-essential employee's that are not necessary! Millions spent on projects that are abandoned! Walking the production floor, its more like a cell block at San Quintin then a electronic car company!

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