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SpaceX

Tesla

Employee Ratings

SpaceX scored higher in 7 areas: Overall Rating, Career Opportunities, Senior Management, Culture & Values, CEO Approval, % Recommend to a friend and Positive Business Outlook.
Tesla scored higher in 2 areas: Compensation & Benefits and Work-life balance.

Overall Rating

(full-time and part-time employees only)

Overall Rating

(full-time and part-time employees only)

4.0

★★★★★

(based on 1846 reviews)

SpaceX employees rated their Overall Rating 0.3 higher than Tesla employees rated theirs.

Overall Rating

(full-time and part-time employees only)

3.7

★★★★★

(based on 5708 reviews)

Career Opportunities

4.1

★★★★★

SpaceX employees rated their Career Opportunities 0.4 higher than Tesla employees rated theirs.

Career Opportunities

3.7

★★★★★

Compensation & Benefits

3.7

★★★★★

Compensation & Benefits

3.8

★★★★★

Work-life balance

2.7

★★★★★

Work-life balance

2.9

★★★★★

Senior Management

3.6

★★★★★

SpaceX employees rated their Senior Management 0.4 higher than Tesla employees rated theirs.

Senior Management

3.2

★★★★★

Culture & Values

3.9

★★★★★

SpaceX employees rated their Culture & Values 0.5 higher than Tesla employees rated theirs.

Culture & Values

3.4

★★★★★

CEO Approval

90%

90%Elon Musk

SpaceX employees rated their CEO Approval 9% higher than Tesla employees rated theirs.

CEO Approval

81%

81%Elon Musk

% Recommend to a friend

75%

SpaceX employees rated their % Recommend to a friend 8% higher than Tesla employees rated theirs.

% Recommend to a friend

67%

Positive Business Outlook

81%

SpaceX employees rated their Positive Business Outlook 15% higher than Tesla employees rated theirs.

Positive Business Outlook

66%

Salaries

Tesla has 9,044 more total submitted salaries than SpaceX.

Salaries for similar jobs

Propulsion Technician52 Salaries

$29/hr

Intern104 Salaries

$31/hr

Software Engineer87 Salaries

$120,734/yr

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Salaries for similar jobs

Production Associate515 Salaries

$22/hr

Intern308 Salaries

$33/hr

Software Engineer216 Salaries

$131,750/yr

See more Tesla salaries (12720)

What Employees Say

Tesla had 148 more reviews than SpaceX that mentioned "Fast paced" as a Pro.
"Long hours" was the most mentioned Con at SpaceX.
"No work life" was the most mentioned Con at Tesla.

Pros

"Rockets"(in 272 reviews)

"Fast paced"(in 195 reviews)

Pros

"Fast paced"(in 343 reviews)

"Work environment"(in 206 reviews)

Cons

"Long hours"(in 487 reviews)

"Work life balance"(in 327 reviews)

Cons

"No work life"(in 135 reviews)

"Work hours"(in 135 reviews)

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Featured Review

"Energetic, fast paced, but sometimes not pragmatic enough"Jan 11, 2022

★★★★★

Current Employee - Supply Chain Manager

I have been working at SpaceX full-time for more than 5 years

Pros

Very fun place to work. Everyone feels a lot of investment in the product they're working on and are encouraged to find creative solutions. I never felt boxed in to my role, I always felt empowered... to change things even if it was outside my job description. Stock is a big part of compensation, which has worked out well since the stock has gone up 800% in the six years I worked there.

Cons

There is a LOT of emphasis on speed and a lot of energy and money gets burned trying to meet unrealistic timelines.