Tesla

I had a blast during my internship. I was able to be around many seasoned engineers and automotive contractors. It was an extremely hands-on internship, with a lot of overtime.

• Good pay as an intern: $28/h + lots of overtime
• Great/understanding bosses
• Hands-on experience
• Non-union

• Seemed to be a lot of wasted money due to deadlines.
• A lot of shift fluctuations for full-time engineers, and apparently no reimbursement.
• People burnout.
• Way too many managers in areas they are not needed.
• Because of the amount of bodies needed, poor attitudes and a bad workforce were kept on.

Maybe it's time for Elon Musk to be the vision of the company, but not set the timelines. There appears to be a lot of wasted money due to wanting to meet deadlines. Additionally, the deadlines caused the need for a less than optimal workforce due to the volume of workers needed for the model launch.

Make a big effort to reduce turnover of engineering talent.