Tesla

The projects at Tesla are fun to work on. Project timelines are very fast-paced, which means limited work-life balance. However, the kind of person hired at Tesla won't see this as a con. Due to long working hours and a stressful environment, your coworkers are more like family. It's run more like a startup than a huge corporation. This means projects go from prototype to production quickly, which can be stressful.

Long-term company stability is a real issue.

There have been two rounds of layoffs in the past year, and these have affected mostly full-time employees and a lot of engineers.

Due to this, morale is in decline.

On most teams, engineer employee turnover is relatively low as compared to most of the Bay Area. Management turnover, on the other hand, is really high.

Pay is also low for the Bay Area, especially due to the low stock price.

Do what it takes to keep middle and upper management from leaving so quickly.