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Q&A With Tesla Employees

At Tesla, we're solving the world's most important problems with talented individuals who share our passion to change the world. Our culture is fast-paced, energetic and innovative. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with office locations around the world, we work to build an inclusive environment in which everyone, regardless of gender, race, religion, age, or background, can do their best work.

How employees describe working at Tesla

If you like feeling unappreciated, overworked and miserable this would be the best place for you to work for.

Their sustainability efforts & decarbonization strategies

Performance utility economy technology innovation

Good enviroment with coworkers. People helping out people to make sure things are safe. And with quality i like this job and hope to continue working with tesla

Review from Product Dept

There is no H.R. department. They do not give you any information. There is no way to contact Tesla at all.

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What it's like to work at Tesla

  • Tesla employees generally work 10.4 hrs a day
  • Employees at Tesla report the work pace is extremely fast
  • On a typical day, employees at Tesla have 1 meeting
  • 79% of Tesla employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
  • Tesla employees most often take 10-15 paid vacation and sick days each year
  • 29% of Tesla employees report they are happy with their work life balance
  • Tesla employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work
  • 74% of Tesla employees call their work environment positive

Q&A With Tesla Employees

Asked to all employees at Tesla

  • Top Employee Response

    Paid holidays

  • 10 ,Holliday. 5 sick ...just was changed

  • PTO - 15 days per year capped at 240 hours

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  • Top Employee Response

    Believe in the mission, accept the pay.

  • It is a great opportunity to be part of the future of energy and the planet. And this giant it willing to teach you to be part of a world wide team. Your potential cross over skills, from many industries, like electrical, mechanical, roofing, people skills, and so much more, could take your career up to the next level. And honorable respect is shown to our past and present Military persons. And last but not least, 'older' is spelled 'e-x-p-e-r-i-e-n-c-e-d' worker. Tesla doesn't just hire people, they investment into the people they hire.

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  • Top Employee Response

    Only allowed for one-off situations.

  • Depends on the position. Faily flexible on working from hom. PV Designer positions can work full-time from home once you've proved yourself.

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  • Research, Identify what and where and submit a resume that can demonstrate you are trainable and dependable. And ask question, if you can actual reach anyone, ask if they offer apprentice / training or can suggest what you might need to be a stronger candidate. If your really serious about joining any business specialty, look for educational or hands on training courses you can take to introduce to the industry and add to your resume or application.

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  • Communicators.

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    Very flexible

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Tesla's Engineering team rates their overall benefits a B and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 73% of Tesla employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get 10-15 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is $2500+/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Tesla's Engineering team rates their manager a B or 71/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The engineering team (50%) also doesn't feel comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.

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  • Tesla employees rates their pay and overall compensation a B or 71/100. 59% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 72% of employees get raises every year.

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47% of Tesla employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 18% are neutral and 35% would not recommend working at Tesla to their friends.

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