What is overtime like at Tesla?

Pros

You get to work on some of the most impactful products in the world. I worked at Tesla Energy!

Cons

Insane work hours for everyone, no overtime pay, and lack of empathy for anyone.

Pros

the drinks on site, some management is great others act like high school. the over time is great

Cons

HR is useless you get harassed and they do nothing, hostile work environment much like high school but worse. Management is young and they want to prove why they have the job. the point system is based off favoritism. They will hire from outside for management but hard workers don't get promoted. No work life balance with overtime

Advice to Management

Hire experienced leaders and people with some type of experience. check in on HR because they do not care and are there for paycheck only. listen to the people doing the work on the floor and reward hardwork stop trying to pay everybody the same money when they don't have the same work ethic

Pros

Learn a lot, great people

Cons

Lots of overtime and not the best work life balance

Pros

Enjoyable job- fun shop environment

Cons

Absolute lack of care for employees. Working mandatory overtime, often 10+ Hour shifts 6 days a week, double pay on holidays, but mandatory holiday work as well. Basically 0 chance to have a healthy work life balance

Advice to Management

Care about your employees.

Pros

Meet lots of cool people

Cons

Work lots of hours but you get paid overtime

Pros

- As an associate you do get 3 or 4 days off each week even as a full-time employee which gives you time to spend at home or with family - Benefits are solid enough, some cool perks here and there including a discount on merch and a few other items - Your fellow production associates are going to be some of your best friends and the people you confide in the most

Cons

- Parking is a colossal nightmare, there are efforts to clear things up and make people register their vehicles and have placards but in the meantime, it's just a complete wreck, expect to need to park in south lot and take the shuttle to the facility, unless you drive an EV where you can valet it - If you're new, expect to get lost on the way to the line because they'll show you once but not give you any handy info on finding it again, they also won't tell you where the nearest bathrooms, cafe, or other important areas of the factory are because they don't care enough to tell you - If you're lucky you'll get a solid group with a competent supervisor, if you are unlucky you'll get sent to a group with absolutely abysmal management with zero leadership. It was made clear from day one on that nobody cared about me no matter how hard I worked on the line, solid employees were fired over trivial things, poorer performing employees stuck around if they sucked up enough to supervisors and leads. My group got written up for the dumbest and most inconsequential reasons no matter how perfect we were up to the point of the incident occurring, and positive feedback was rarely given out to anybody. Leads walk around yelling at associates to do something when the line slows down even though the work is exhausting and the breaks are way too short. - I cannot stress this enough, days are 12 hours long, you get four 10 min breaks and one unpaid 30 min lunch, that's it. The job is exhausting, you are pretty much always on your feet, always lifting, moving, bending, reaching, and putting your body in stressful positions over and over again. Over time this is absolutely taxing and doing it multiple days in a row can totally exhaust you. There's not much that the company can do if you get hurt aside from send someone to check on where you are experiencing pain and offer advice and stretches, but more often than not it won't result in any long-term solution. Tesla encourages proper ergonomics and to not put yourself in a position to get hurt, but at times it's basically impossible to do that. - Break areas are fine for what they are, its hard to get access to a microwave no matter how many are within the area. Some associates will steal your food if you put them in the fridge. I had my backpack rifled through on one occasion. I recommend bringing a lock for your things. - Bathrooms are unacceptably filthy, in disarray, and way too far from the line. This is the only job I worked where going to the bathroom was ever a problem. There are never enough people on the line to fill in for you while you take care of a basic human need. Leads and supervisors were always super rude about you needing to take care of business. - If you are late or have to excuse yourself from your shift within 2 hours of your shift start you are basically screwed. Tesla does not take absences lightly nor do they want you being late at all, even if its just by a few minutes. It is very easy to get written up for not being on time and you can get yourself fired if you call out too often. - ESPP and the income for a production associate are kind of oversold as a positive when its anything but that. Starting hourly pay is essentially poverty wage in the Bay Area and you only get overtime pay after 10 hours, not 8 hours like you would think. Because of the stock prices, it will take forever for ESPP to be a solid incentive. - There really isn't much room to move up within general assembly, your ceiling is really becoming a supervisor after becoming a lead and there's basically a never ending logjam to get there. It also seems like Tesla drags their feet on hiring for internal roles and its hard to really stick out if nobody will stick up for you.

Advice to Management

Your management in general assembly needs a complete overhaul. Your associates and leads put in the hard work, damage their bodies, go through emotional turmoil of long hours and physical pain only to get yelled at for the smallest mistakes and written up or fired over petty reasons. They are the heart and soul of the most recognizable product Tesla produces yet they are treated like garbage while supervisors sit around comfortably at a desk off the line and rarely if ever offer any kind of assistance and only jump on the line to yell at anyone making the smallest mistake. Morale is insanely low, nobody has any incentive to stay, talented people are leaving rapidly, meaning more new hires come in, existing employees and leads become overwhelmed trying to balance doing their jobs and training the new people in hopes that they'll stick around. The last batch of new hires my group had either quit after their first day, or only stuck around for a week. They knew it was a trainwreck from the moment they got there, and almost every new hire is going to continue to think the same unless something changes. Please review who you have in these management positions and consider only placing qualified and passionate people there that could care even the slightest amount about the people who truly put in the work everyday they come in.

Pros

Intelligent coworkers, fair income and benifits

Cons

endless overtime, no lunch time, no weekends

Pros

The name of the company stands out, people like to hear that you are supposedly working for a good company.

Cons

Well if you are a Latino, or of any Asian decent , your chances moving up in the company are real great, but if your black you get push to the back. Furthermore, the 4 days on three days off kills your overtime tremendously, a loop hole the company found so they want have to pay you for the 12 hours you work , real bulls!ht

Advice to Management

Management is terrible, they are brainwashed and very bias.

Pros

There is a lot of potential in this company and it is worth your time as an intern.

Cons

There is a problem of overtime work and not receiving the required wages.

Pros

The culture and people are absolutely amazing. People take pride in what they do and work incredibly hard. The benefits are great and so is the employee stock programs.

Cons

Extremely stressful and working overtime is often mandatory. You must be able to keep up with systems and processes constantly changing.