Pros: Good medical benefits & Great people

Cons: No work-life balance at all.

Pros: - Salary is above market average just so they can lure you in and away from your current employment. - Good opportunity to learn that within a toxic organization like Tesla, your job security depends on your network and how many layers of protection you build around yourself, not just your hard work and dedication.

Cons: - They claim Tesla is all about engineering; it's not. Everything is political. - They will look you in the eye and lie to you that they want to move you up, but will let you go with no hesitation or resistance the minute they are told by their supervisor to do a layoff. - You are just a number, especially to your immediate manager. They are the ones who will lie to you the most.

Pros: The work you'll do is incredible. We have interns responsible for parts going into production. Of course, we review and approve everything. This job is what you make of it. If you are a stellar performer, people notice it and you will advance. The company has gotten a lot better with work-life balance, at least in the vehicle engineering org. Managers are flexible, allowing for coming in late occasionally, leaving early occasionally, and working from home under certain circumstances.

Cons: For a "tech" job in the Bay Area, compensation is pretty low. At least, it feels that way. You make about $100K and get about $100K of stock. Everyone is very young and ambitious, and sometimes it feels competitive. This is fine, but a lot of people can't handle the pressure, so they describe it as an unfriendly environment when, in reality, it's very friendly. Extroverted engineers do very well here. Sometimes promotions are totally subjective and depend on how professional people "sound" rather than their output. I've seen people get close with their managers and get promoted when others are outputting much more valuable work.