Ex-Tesla Employee Tells All; What It's Really Like to Work For Elon Musk!
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90% of the work gets done by 10% of the the workers... something I dealt with in my engineering career.
Price's Law: The square root of given population contributes 50% of the work.
Out of interest, is this a "too much management" issue?
Fáreryniel Ithilwen I don’t think that was the problem in my career, just seemed to be the way people treated work vs getting the job accomplished. Work to many is just a paycheck, just human nature.
That's what people think/claim, but what happens when you lose the other 90% of the workforce?
That’s generally what attrition does over time, they get replaced or their position is no longer required. If they all leave at once it’s usually called a strike. Companies may go under or take their business elsewhere.
Like any company, 75% of managers don't know what they are doing.
You need to interview someone who works on the line
RJ and Charlene it has already been done, Deutsche Welle did it
Interview someone that works in engineering, the people that i actually care about in Tesla.
@@charlech they need to get someone who currently works at the company but with how Tesla is theyre very hush hush about it....
Preferably, someone who hasn’t been paid by $TSLAQ ;)
Why do you think that person feels he/she can speak openly about stuff that isn't right? That person could be out of a job because of that. Or will paint a rosy picture to prevent problems.
Difference between a factory worker vs engineers are different, and SpaceX and Tesla is voted by engineers as the most fulfilling place to work. He worked on the line where it has the highest rate of turn overs, there's not much surprise on a growing company
Think he worked in sales/customer service re[ated jobs.
@@rickgoodson9105 HIGHEST TURNOVER RATE
Dude worked for sales
I appreciate his willingness to give an interview. The guy sounds traumatized by the turnover and turbulence where he worked. He also sounds a little paranoid (25% infiltration). This doesn't surprise me at all given the rapid growth of this company and the resultant level of chaos as they try to do difficult things very quickly. I hope that Elon and the other employees avoid burnout. Tesla's achievements so far have been amazing.
Traumatized? Oh please. This guy is just a whiner and no doubt he was a whiner at every other job he's every had.
I can honestly say that my statement about the 25% was an emotional exaggeration. Also I have no proof of any infiltration, so who knows. .... Bite me Dan you don't know me!
tyson park Thank you for the interview Tyson. I really appreciate it. I don’t doubt that Tesla has been infiltrated by competitors. I also don’t doubt that Tesla has a lot of chaos and dysfunction. When that story broke about the German rental company which canceled an order for 85 Model 3s because of poor quality, a lot of what they described kind of sounded like what you were talking about in the interview in terms of quality issues.
I have a TINY company in comparison to Tesla - and guess what? Listening to this... it sounds EXACTLY what I have faced and experienced on several occasions, when implementing a growth phase. While the "panic" is not nice - for anyone in the organisation - it's true life... I believe Tesla will survive and will prosper. Lots to learn, and much to change - but the prognosis is positive.
Musk is saying that Tesla is still a start-up, taking into consideration the final growth vision.
Hope he sees this video...
@@dontletusdowncali2064 I have read your comment several times and despite having a Masters Degree in English, I cannot make head or tail of what you are saying.
@@TagmakersCoUk I apologize. I don't know what the hell was that either. I got a new phone though so hopefully that will not happen again
@@dontletusdowncali2064 No worries... Regard my comment as a bit of humour...
As I've heard Elon many times say " A well thought of criticism, is as valuable as gold "
Well thought out criticisms are done by employees behind closed doors. If he was effective at Tesla, Elon would still have him at Tesla. Remember this is a sales person largely talking about production, while unemployed by Tesla.
100% agree. Even Steve Jobs left Apple for a time and returned to the company just when they needed him the most. What’s even more valuable is people who believe in the mission and care about their work.
@@markreynolds9135 lmaooo yeah sure buddy
Story of every company, especially development based companies. Stories of the issues with management and the running of organization, same everywhere you go.
He was going to be a salesperson with the new insurance division. This was hot at time of 1Q's conf call, and then nothing. Something happen and this guy's being let go (with the others on his team) was a result of the insurance project running into a road block.
Falkner Blitz yup!
Seriously, it doesn't matter if it's McDonald's or Tesla. I've even worked for "non-profit" companies that share these same practices lol. At the end of the day, it's all (production) numbers, nothing else.
I worked @ Tesla too, Delivery dept. His experience is very common in that company. I resigned before I could get cut from that roster. Going to work there and not knowing if you'll make the cut, was silly. I'm much happier as an entrepreneur. 👍🏽😎👍🏽
No matter what we still need to breath the air, we need to make air cleaner. I am grateful for those dedicated workers who stick it out to give us clean air. I was in a job for 27 years where we worked breaks and often even lunch hour for the mission and it wasn’t as world changing as Tesla! Good luck guys!
in my opinion its still early days for Tesla. They hired a boatload of people to fill positions in a very short amount of time. When you do this you end up with some good employees and a whole lot of those that aren't the best fit. Unfortunately they didn't do productive turnover process of weeding out those who weren't right over time, instead they did mass layoffs so good employees become collateral damage. hopefully this year they can stabilize and be more efficient with their process and their people.
How is this early days? They've been around for 15 years and have been public since 2012.
@@zd1322 Most of those positions are new because of the explosive growth.
@@zd1322
Musk is saying that Tesla is still a start-up, taking into consideration the final growth vision.
Hope he sees this video...
I’m still going to buy one it’s for the planet right? 🌎
No, it's not for the *#!$ing planet! It's because electricity is cheaper and Tesla's are inherently better vehicles.
@@yashabaral9302 all the reasons
Lol Like Tesla didn't sense the sarcasm... - Hey Like Tesla love this vid thx you guys!
the ego one has to have to think you're saving anything by buying an electric vehicle is amazing.
The cars are dope and cheap to run. If you drive one you’ll be hooked.
I so relate to this guy. I worked for solarcity since 2013 and was transferred to Tesla during the merger. I finally left when my salary was cut by 50% and wanted me to sit in a call center. I still love tesla and thats the sad part. There were so many people who worked there with pride and worked hard. My manager (1 of the 12 i had over my 6 years) would say to me, "I have no power over that. I just work here just like you." We were sitting in sales training in 2017 and Elon was doing a press conference saying how there will be no sales people in the future. The room was silent and the trainers were like don't worry thats not going to happen anytime soon. A year and a half later all sales people are gone. Tesla Literally doesnt have any care for the people who work there even though the people like myself and this gentleman in the video want so badly for Tesla to succeed.
I remember we had a tour and I went into all the call centers and sales departments when we had the training in 2017. When I went back in april 19 i was mortified by how many empty decks and like whole floors of people that were gone. It was very sad.
The perils of having a narcissist run your businesses.
It's sad that you still like tesla.🤡🤡🤡🤡
I seriously doubt that Tesla will fade out of existence. I have a Model 3 and plan to buy a Model Y. I’ve not had any problems with my Model 3.
I took delivery Nov. 2018. It is the BEST car I have ever owned. (BTW-my first car was a 1961 Mercury Comet in 1965). I’ve owned many new cars
since then and NONE, comparatively speaking, are as good. The product speaks for itself and I believe Tesla will survive.
Hes mentioning a lot of problems that are there at a lot of companies that arent unique to just Tesla.
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Its like in highschool, where bullies and their friends get the higher position while you the one being bullied knows how to do the job sits there and work for them.
I worked at Data General in so portland me. We let the imployes do plant layouts and submit them to industrial engineering.
If they could not prove the plan wrong in 2 weeks we would change the plant layout.
This would make the decisions at the lowest level and empower the the people who were doing the work and know the most about the line.
In some cases the supervisor would participate with good or bad result.
But in general it was to provide better working conditions and a 10% space for work in place to be dropped jest in time.
Empowering the workers was a great way to improve moral, and it was a great success.
That was painful. Very subjective and Difficult to digest. Sounds like the concerns may be embellished or at least skewed due to the raw pain of his personal story.
His experience is also skewed by his love of the company and its mission. I mean the guy likes Tesla so much that he came up with a conspiracy theory that 25% of the company are moles bought and paid for by competing companies. So people are either sabotaging Tesla, or people at Tesla are so incompetent/mismanaged that someone would think the poor quality of work had to be intentional.
Much of what he said is also corroborated by Wired's article on the same topic.
I’ve been in upper management for 15 years in the oil & gas industry and you just described every company in America,Tesla will make it and put me out of a 33 year career in short order because you can’t stop innovation and the entire world wants what they produce they just don’t all know it yet Just ask Bill Gates and Mr Jobs Jeff Bezos etc Elon is all of them plus himself combined .... just a thought when will we be driving Tesla’s to Mars ?
There is a discernible difference in companies if you've worked enough of them. Tesla's Glassdoor rating is 3.3 and sinking fast. People don't get that unhappy unless they're getting fucked over on a regular basis.
Not a chance! If 25% of employees on a production line were sabotaging things, the line would not run at all. I call BS. It only takes one person on a line to shut it down.
I don't think that people necessarily go work for Tesla to sabotage, but considering the working conditions they might be proverbially flipping the table after being berated by inept management one too many times. There's a certain amount of abuse one can take before they stop caring about a project.
@ Hard to say. Some of it could be passive aggression and general disgruntlement. Some of it could be infiltration. I still think, though, that most of it is just toleration of whacko behavior.
Thanks for posting this, it sounds a lot like the issues many companies face and why I've been shouting they need a COO for a long time now. No doubt in my mind they'll get through it and hopefully they're listening so they can make the necessary changes.
Huh? Who's this guy? 🤔
@@quintespeed
A very intelligent business data analyst..
Trying to figure out how a door panel is held on with electrical tape 🤔
it's not. If you read up on the topic or just watch the video you'll learn it was just a logical approach to expediting factory production to meet demand and allowing the delivery team to finalize the proper clips to fasten the trim pieces prior to delivery so these smaller/slower steps do not slow down the production line.
I was afraid that this was clickbait after watching the begining. Doesn't seem to me. To me it sounds like a lot of common things that happen in large organizations. These problems are everywhere. I'm glad Tesla is still around to keep moving things forward.
I really hope that Tesla see this opinion. It would be great for the company to open their eyes to improve not only there workers conditions and it will problably improve the company, because a happy worker is a happy company. Just my opinion. #LOVETESLA
There are problems at every company. I have heard his story a thousand times from people who worked at other companies, example Amazon, Ford, GM, Toyota, Nissan, etc. His views are just that, others I am sure have different views.
there will always b problems at every company
I agree 100%. These are issues at every company not even a real complaint.
that's not what the OSHA stats suggest
Yep, sounds like 2/3s of the company's iv'e worked for. That's why working for someone else has huge downsides/be your own boss if you can. As a funny note, iv'e worked in IT for years. Out of the blue one day at a medical supply company the mgt asked me to fix a wall power outlet(a rats nest-so to speak) i'm like thinking really?, you don't mind if the whole building burns down from faulty wiring? I strongly suggested they get a certified ELECTRICIAN to fix that mess. Should i of said yeh hand me the duck tape! Ha ha I tell ya, some people are not meant to be around ANY technology of any sort. Along the lines of what the Engineer/sales guy is talking about in this vid. -Cheers
I have been in the ‘tent’ it’s not exactly a tent. It’s a pretty substantial structure.
What he is saying is what I hear from BMW, Audi, VW employees I hear as well. This is obviously how companies work. I made similar experience with Gore as well
No not at all. Where are you located. I am curious. Audi and volkswagon are more less the same company and I assume operate in simialar manner. As for bmw and volkswagon both have outstanding employee loyalty ethics and very high employee satisfaction and moral.
I know several people who work at the volkswagon plant in Tennessee and at least one person that left Tennessee to take a managment position at a BMW plant. Now according to him the Bmw plant is just silly with employee perks and advancement opportunities, but volkswagon takes good care of its employees, pays well, and maintains a happy productive plant.
I know it seems like a lot of negative feedback, but I actually believe what he is saying. I know more about Tesla then the employees do. I go in for service calls, and/or I call their support people online. In most cases they don’t have a clue. Their culture seems to focus on minimal background or Pedegree as possible. And they pay their employees a little on the low side - considering their growth industry. That’s just my perception. At first after I bought my car, I got the impression that this was a really good company. But after interacting with all the layers of people on top of the actual product, the workers don’t seem to really be a part of the heart and soul or culture of the company. This is definitely no Amazon or Google. LOL
One bad boss can ruin an experience, no doubt he had a bad boss, but kind of hard to apply that to 75% of a 45,000 employee company.
Very good point.
His fixing manufacturing issues when he doesn't have a manufacturing job is indicative of a chain of bad management. There were several similar accounts in a Wired article. The employees speaking to Wired also alleged that Elon's move toward his "alien dreadnought" vision(when they already invested in a more traditional line) was responsible for the stumbling in the Model 3 ramp-up. But yeah, it would have been nice to have a panel of 4+ employees for a full perspective.
It can when the ultimate bad boss is the CEO.
This guy said that he's a fixer. He said over and over that hes a fixer and they just wouldn't listen. I've had guys like this working for me and I find them incredibly difficult to work with. These kinds of guys are notoriously vocal about everything that's wrong with everything and always have their own way they want to do things. I don't know this guy and I've never worked with him, but I've worked with guys like him ... they could be great workers and go far (and maybe even have their ideas implemented) if they would just shut up and get to work. Its like we have a system in place bud ... and it does work. But even if its not perfect, we all need to be on the same page so lets get to it ... please !!!
@@jamesbell8861
Yep.
Musk is saying that Tesla is still a start-up, taking into consideration the final growth vision.
Hope he sees this video anyway...
This was interesting to hear. My experience with Tesla purchasing my model 3 was quite rocky at times. The person in finance had some serious issues with her paperwork and just passed it on to me without double checking it. I had to resend it back to her with notes where she had messed up more than once. On delivery day the person who delivered my car was not qualified to train me on my car. And i have found some items with my car which I was unsatisfied with and reached out to Tesla with no response. All this being said I LOVE my car, and I LOVE Tesla and what it stands for. I truly hope and pray that Tesla is able to iron all this out. I want everyone to know the greatness this product is and I want to drive Tesla for the rest of my life.
Great video to help give some insight on what it’s like to be a Tesla employee. It would be interesting to hear a story from a factory worker. Tesla has better working conditions than Amazon so they must be doing some things right. #TeslaForever
I hope Tesla sees this video...I hope Wall Street does NOT. lol
So basically Tesla is the same as every other major corporation.
European car brands don't treat their employeers in the same way AT ALL
No one talks about the internal problems of VW Group..., can you imagine all internal problems after 100 years?. And btw, Now old companies are like new companies because they have to start to sell electric cars and stop everything that they have been making for 100 years... So that means a lot of problems with the employees...
I used to work at JCPenney warehouse and left that job for Tesla years ago...light and day difference...no regrets
jeodude Can you give us the other side of the story? We’d love to hear another viewpoint.
Like Tesla well I work on the energy side and have been part of cool projects. I do help out from time to time with model 3. I work with a great team and I have a management team that gets us in positions to succeed. My story with Tesla isn’t as interesting as this interview.
We took delivery of a new Model 3 today. The car is amazing, just a few minor cosmetic issues. I'm sure there were many different experiences for people on the journey but they're getting it figured out. Nice car, fun to drive.
My take. First of all, ALL businesses in my 50 years in the workforce are exactly the same as this guys story. My last 20 years while working for the largest commuter railway in the US, supervision was a joke. They came from supermarkets, military, other styles of public transportation jobs, unrelated to railroad work, but they all never knew how to manage people. And I know that because I was in management for part of those years. I was relieved of those duties and returned into my previous position to finish my career. And happy to do it. If you can't manage people, you cant manage a business either. So this story told by an employee is true for every failed and sucessful endeavour ever in history. End of take. Oh, and you can take those words to the Bank 🏦..!!! Go Tesla. And I did apply for a position as mechanic and would have been hired, but wasnt really looking to be back in the workforce again anyway...!!!
I bought a P100DL a year ago and it was missing trim clips. Otherwise pretty solid, it was built May-June 2018.
The fine details that can be easily fixed but overall the cars are amazing. Everything about them leaves you in awe
What do you meant with "missing trim clips" like where are those located and how did you found out? Was there any danger in driving the car with those missing?
Mike V the right rear wheel well liner was missing 4 clips, you could easily see
Scorned employee seeing the future of the company thru the lense of his future with the company.
No doubt this employee was a complainer at work.
I felt his pain and already could feel that the company was like this. Thank goodness their product is great but I sadly wouldn't want to work for them. This is a huge failure on elons part imo. A great dream shouldn't be built on the backs of those suffering.
It's common to glue part in production, airplane wings are glued
because it's much better connection on much grater surface, so less metal
fatigue and stress at joint.
but glue isnt tht strong
Working on the railway in the UK there’s plenty of incompetence in management, and we also have lots of turnover, people changing job roles every 6 months. We have better employment rights, so they can’t just fire people without good reason, but this kind of stuff happens everywhere, even outwardly successful companies.
The last car I bought from new also had broken trim clips, misfitting panels and other things, admittedly it was a cheaper car, but over here they’re usually referred to as “Friday afternoon” cars. Stuff they rush to get done before they finish for the weekend.
Recently I had to go in to the service center for a minor issue. I was upset that the person that I talked to at roadside assistance said that she would notify the service center that I was coming, in.. the Tesla Ranger that was at my house 3 days before said that I needed to go to the service center and that he would notify them.. when I came in.. of course they had no record of it. Their in house communication for our service records is screwed up.. I recommend that if you own a tesla.. keep your own records. I had to get a 12v battery replaced.. only 4 months after the last one was replaced and they couldn't find that service visit for my car. Luckily, I had my invoice and they replaced it for free and apologized. Something is very wrong with their internal communications.. and don't try to call and talk to someone about.. there is nobody to call anymore.
Living in a city that HAD 2 major vehicle manufacturers (Mitsubishi/Chrysler and Holden (GMH), both now closed (along with Ford and Toyota in Victoria), it was common practice when sales slowed and slow sales periods were expected, large amounts of production line staff were 'let go' and output was reduced to cut costs (improve profits).
Unfortunately, you could pretty much much guaranty some of these cuts would come just before Christmas.
Welcome to the Auto industry.
I feel Tesla is getting a disproportionate amount of press for just about everything they do, because it's Tesla. It's a growing business in a cut-throat industry. 'New' car companies rarely last more than a few years. Tesla is doing the (near) impossible, unfortunately, the workers will always be the most fluid cost variable.
25% infiltration rate 😭
His comment made me sick to my stomach 🤢
Probably because there's no way it's accurate.
@@josh_m Yeah the 25% infiltration rate comment threw the whole interview into doubt for me. I simply can't believe it. If it's true, the world is insane.
Even if it’s 2.5% infiltration, that is sickening.
If things keep going the way the way we need them to keep going, we are looking at a 100% infiltration rate because legacy manufacturers will be out of business and good people still need jobs !!!
What’s an infiltration rate?
Thank you for your great conversation. Maybe all big companies have some of the great things and other very frustrating things (or people inside). I have a great book about Toyota in USA (The Toyota way, Jeffrey K. Liker, 2006), and my wish will be a Tesla company with half the good things from Tesla and the other half from the best things and people from Toyota. People with names are the big difference from any company.
Best wishes Tesla's workers, God bless you.
to go from being an " engineer " to the helpdesk ... it would be interesting to see why the demotion ..
I was wondering this as well. I can't imagine it pays the same.
There weren’t a lot of details of any kind in this interview, unfortunately.
My guess is they got more engineers and saw they'd be better suited in a different position.
Tesla bounced him between solar, deliveries and the call center. None of which seemed to deal with engineering. The did say he had 20 years in sales prior to Tesla. I don't know why so many here feel the need to bash the guy.
@@richardlinares6314 Who's bashing him in this thread? We just wanted more information from the interview.
I copy and pasted this from below where I responded to a comment regarding 'bad bosses', I felt it deserved a stand alone comment from a bosses perspective.
... This guy said that he's a fixer. He said over and over that hes a fixer and they just wouldn't listen. I've had guys like this working for me and I find them incredibly difficult to work with. These kinds of guys are notoriously vocal about everything that's wrong with everything and always have their own way they want to do things. I don't know this guy and I've never worked with him, but I've worked with guys like him ... they could be great workers and go far (and maybe even have their ideas implemented) if they would just shut up and get to work. Its like, we have a system in place bud ... and it does work. But even if its not perfect, we all need to be on the same page ... so lets get to it ... please !!!
100% this is the case.
I hope Tesla sees this
Mmmm. Well… I'll say this: The "boss" gets all the headlines, but I've always felt that the REAL heroes of Tesla are the designers, engineers, service personnel, workers on the factory floor. They are the team, the company, the "family," and should be treated as such. Indeed, I've tried to encourage Tesla several times to have labor representatives on the board. It could make all the difference.
Great interview Kim! I hope Elon sees this and I hope he gets how important it is to solve these problems. It’s good to do a walkabout every once in a while to get a feeling for how good things are working, or how bad they are broken. And ask for impressions from random people. Not only is it empowering to employees, but they’ll work harder if they feel that they have some input. It’s also a good way to identify good people. Good people that are put in positions of authority will either motivate the people around them, or drive out of the people that are holding things up.
Great interview “wow” “wow”
How can we know he is really Ex-Tesla employee? Do you verify him?
she probably saw him working at da factory
All companies have their problems. He just sounds like he wants to complain and didn’t say anything over compelling.
The tent allowed Tesla to build a perfect Model 3 assembly building, it’s not a canvas tent ⛺️ like from an old Boy Scout’s movie. My Dual Motor Model 3 was manufactured last August, most likely from this tent and it had no fitment issues. People love to call it a tent, so that they can make a big joke out of it.
Somewhere down the line in management there is a manager that sucks at his job, and it affects all under him/her. I remember Elons letter to the employees and how he didn't want unnecessary bureaucracy, and that chain of command is not to be upheld, when it hinders progress
Well apparently the company isn't what Elon wants it to be, but he accepts what it can be for now.
He's 100% correct. I worked for the Delivery department for 2 years. Its a mad house.
Thanks for this Tyson & Kim, it’s good to have it unfiltered without a super negative “here is why they must be destroyed” - I agree, these things can and should be fixed. I think there is hope and I hope Tesla sees (really sees) this in earnest with eye toward iteration and honest improvement!
Sounds like most start ups silicon valley Co. been there done that.
It's over 15 years old, how is that a startup?
SentinelPrimek Tesla is still a startup with growth problems. At the global scale they need to go and need to be, they're a startup.
oystla it has found a market for its products. It's not a startup anymore.
24:28.... I think this was a very important line that he said. It could make a very big difference for the company. He seemed like a very decent type of guy. Breaking Tesla and going that fast ain't easy. The best thing to do is streamline almost everything and maybe follow that line he wanted to convey to them.
I work in the TESLA Sales Team in Switzerland and I cannot agree with every point he mentioned...
I have great hope on China Tesla factory, Chinese manufacturing management and work ethic is at another level, let the fresh blood energize the company
Woah. Would love to see other perspectives from different employees!! Make it a whole series of interviews... 🤔😅👍🏼
Very interesting interview. Show the bad sides aswell. If you call tesla in NL right now nobody answers the phone, if you email you don’t get a reply, schedule service through app, it get’s cancelled without notice. Besides all that I visited showroom, got excellent support there and ordered model 3
Robots are slowly replacing the lines workers that don’t care... and this is how Tesla will be profitable in mid term.
Understanding they are still growing, like many other companies, Tesla is not a new company. They were founded 2003, (16 years ago), and and the first vehicle, the roadster, was delivered in 2009, (10 years ago). Young in the auto industry, but lets stop acting like they are a brand new company.
I can care less about what some random temp worker has to say, Tesla built the best car in history and as long as they keep doing that nothing else matters.
I know Right
You must be an egotistical character if nothing else matters to you. Have you ever worked a day in your life?
@@cepaposible he's not wrong
The way the people in the US look on this hire and fire culture is bizarre for European people. And I believe there‘s room for improvement at Tesla. The organisation is supposed to do agile projectmanagement and Elon is doing micro management (should do coaching). There‘s a hard way for Tesla to become a real organisation with feedback/ improvement culture.
Tesla owners have seen fit and finish problems and every company has employees that do not fit in. At the end of the day, Tesla offers a driving experience like no other auto maker. I am looking forward to getting another Tesla soon.
I've worked for Boeing and Toyota. A culture of "stop and fix" without metrics based on partial product (i.e. not how many doors you've assembled but how few errors are missed) and employee empowerment to make their role what they want it to be sounds like it would work wonders for Tesla. Also, sounds like they need to turn that efficiency team into a pickup team dedicated to learning unique problems, escalating issues, and gathering consensus when individual employees are swamped with work and can't divert their attention.
And was is Tesla tape on the cars if so at least it was long range tape ie supertape
7:10 when the interviewee has to fact check the interviewer 🤣🤣🤣
Every former employee has something bad to say about the system.
The system is flat out broken and it all comes down to money. They have no money.
That’s true. But I honestly see this guy being legit.
every employee has something bad to say about what they worked 4
true
Because no corporation is your friend.
This interview wasn't very insightful. He was very vague with everything he was saying. Did he sign something that is preventing him from being more detailed? I wonder.
How many are being replaced by automation, Tesla's MO.
This guy. Thank God! Uff
Elon tries to automate customer service...will not work until his organization is organized accordingly. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing.
The products speaks for itself. Period. Every Tesla owner lovers the car more than any other car…including me
This describes management in every company I have ever worked for.
I work in automotive and fixing things off the line happens ALL THE TIME at every manufacturer.
Being a high growth Company with related growth problems is part of the business game in this world. Tesla is now becoming profitable and at that point the situation will also improve for the organisation and employees.
This is a problem with most companies, but hopefully someone from Tesla will see this and this can be reduced.
I worked in that tent as well in 2018 in september as well. It was crazy.
I am sure this story resonates with everyone that has ever had a job in a firm trying to accomplish profitability....when I started my job my group consisted of 8 people, now we are down to 2. Welcome to the corporate world.
Unlike the other negative comments, at least those I skimmed...
I realize that this guy, having previously been in sales, has described his perspective regarding employment at Tesla.
I've taken two business classes as electives in college. A sales class and one focused on starting/running businesses. I took these classes after already having some business knowledge.
Businesses, themselves, really have nothing to do with product(s)/service(s).
I’m still going to buy my Model 3 Performance in the next month or so. However, I’m apart of a similar work environment. If you don’t have employees that can carry your mission... they’ll destroy the work environment/culture of your company thus furthering damaging its public perception. These problems aren’t necessarily a Tesla issue but more so a representation of the current American work environment. It’s like this everywhere. Profit before quality. Bold move, Kim!
What this guy failed to speculate on was, that he was part of the employee force that wasn't valuable to the company and lacked the skills, determination and value to keep. There are still some 48k Tesla employees, today and yes, every company will shed employees who lack the skills and value, like this guy. He's full of opinions and advice for others but fails to see that he brings little-to-no value to the table and needs to move on and evaluate himself. Tesla will be fine without him.
I was quite confused about the fact that there is a crazy hirachy. Wasn't it Elon writing a mail in which he stated that everybody need to report to the correct person. Like engineer to engineer without management in between? 🤔
no agile at Tesla ??
He didn't understand your question about the tape. The CLAIM was electrical tape holding parts together were internal joints or parts that were not just visible. Not part of panels like he said...
I purchased a 2021 Tesla a few months ago and I have to say although it is an amazing car the personnel that I deal with out in Houston Texas was not professional and that is saying it nicely. I could go on about this for a long time but I'll say that the staff was very unprofessional, and treated me badly although I was a cash paying customer
Glitches happen but Tesla is mass producing cars trying to keep up with the demand there will always be issues, happens even with the veteran companies like Ford and others that have been making cars forever.
This sounds very similar to a lot of companies, especially in the growth phase. Most people just don’t know what they are doing, especially managers. Tesla has great products and an amazing mission and it will thrive in the future and hopefully eventually become a better managed company.
FYI, BYD started making EV's tha same time as Tesla. BYD's current ev line has 21 models. 27 if you count hybrids.
5 pure EV cars
(6 hybrids. )
6 transit EV buses
4 EV Coaches
2 EV vans
4 EV semi trucks.
Got to wonder what Tesla has been doing the past 10 yrs. BYD has made 4.6 million cars in the last 10yrs.
I have seen a couple of your videos before this one. At the start it seemed like the goal was to indemnify/protect Tesla. As if you were representing the company and your advice-give little weight to any negative experience shared by the ex-employee.
Like you I love this car. Currently I am doing research. Would have been a more objective video without your commentary in the beginning. Tesla wants the perspective of all to correct and improve. At least that has been my takeaway from info I have read and seen.
Future reference don’t editorialize, let the video speak for itself.
Why didnt he try using the company’s “whistleblower red line”? Just asking
like that worked for Wells Fargo employees!
Greatness comes with growing pains. Wait until Tesla is over the hill (hopefully their run is longer then Apple & Microsoft’s in terms of allure because I’m a proud Elon fan) to give accomplished former employees a platform to discuss the good and bad stories about companies such as Tesla.
Also, I believe (I could be bias) that a good amount of Elon’s employees at Tesla are growing more and more envious of his continual move toward simultaneously being the Gates & Jobs of his generation.
Well the future of companies will not be marketing and sales anymore but products, so you better switch to being a product owner/manager or project manager those will be the ones driving innovation and progress of a company
Lost me at ‘electric cars are not new’. True that the first cars had a lot of electric cars among them, but that line misses the whole point of Tesla automobiles and the role they play in the marketplace, the roads and in our lives today.
That stood out for me too. He obviously didn't understand the magnitude of what has to happen to even have a chance of competing with the established auto makers. There's a reason why there have been no successful competing American auto manufacturers in 100 yrs. It's hard.
I can imagine this, but not all employees will have the same story, I get the same at my company, I've had a great career, I just learn to stay out of the politics. Some however had awful experiences because they got into the politics of it and didn't like what they saw. There are good times and bad times in all companies. Moral ebbs and flows.
Such is life.
I just wanted you to know that as of today August 3 @tesla announced they are again offering free unlimited supercharging on all new orders for Models X and S. They just keep on surprising! 😊 Might want to pass that on to your subscribers.
Well Telsa is desperate with Model S/X continuing to decline. Model S/X is their golden goose, and without Model S/X doing well, Telsa will bleed red long long time
I feel you but this happen in every company they drop employees. To look profitable.