Tesla reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(11,997 total reviews)
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Elon Musk

59% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Tesla has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 11,997 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 Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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12K reviews
1.0
Jun 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent branding, products and mission. You get to know the products intimately, driving the cars every day all over the place.

Cons

>Sadly incompetent HR who cannot hire and keep sales people. They must be so busy hiring new people every 2 months. >Fear based intimidation style management. Passively intimidating but very fear based. >Extremely unrealistic targets. >Receptionists in any CBD business earn the same base pay. >Commission is hugely lower than other car sales roles. Go sell Subarus instead. >Management at the highest level is manipulative of the customer. Will gladly sell you something knowing that the next model up is about to be discounted to the same price in 5 days time. >The bad eggs stay (in management) and the good eggs leave.

1.0
Feb 27, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great work ethic - Encouraged to educate not sell - Vision at the top is incredible

Cons

- Management are all EX car dealers, severe lack of industry knowledge for EVs - Lack of progression - Since opening the service centre near the airport communications between the two has been nothing short of shocking - Salary varies in the exact same job role can lead to tensions around pay - Personal experience - company could not work out who had leaked information and ended up blaming a work colleague resulting in his dismissal. Bit of a shame because the lad was young and made the mistake of being honest whilst other staff members kept quiet. Inevitably he paid the price despite coming forward. Made me question my value at the company seeing how poorly HR handled the matter. Very glad I left not long after!

1.0
Dec 20, 2017

Beware

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to make friends with fellow employees within your rank. Unfortunately, this experience was overall disheartening.

Cons

Very little upward mobility, double standards, contrary to their motto - integrity and honesty/visibility are not excercised by management. Extreme stress and daily increased workload without additional compensation or incentive. Very little recognition, and many times upper management will take credit for any proposed ideas. None of my fellow coworkers were happy, and were actively looking to move on from the company. Managers and supervisors are likely to keep you from transcending from Customer Care into a different department. This is often because they fear losing the handful of people that are able to perform this incredibly stressful and difficult job without speaking out against the numerable unpleasantries. Managers are often unprofessional and dodge responsibility. Many make themselves appear too busy to help in an effort to keep from working hard or confront challenging situations. Customers are often given the run around because of management’s incompetance. Agents are required to “own” all situations, but it became obvious that this tactic is utilized so that Supervisors and Customer Care Managers don’t have to offer assistance outside of passive, indirect advisement. Really toxic environment with little to no opportunity for growth. Would NOT recommend to anyone looking for a positive or progressive work environment.

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