4 Years At Tesla - I Have A Lot To Say
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I worked at Tesla starting in July of 2017 as an Operations Analyst out of the Bethlehem, PA distribution center facility and left as a Program Manager based out of Austin, TX as of September 2021. I spent most of my time in the distribution and supply chain organizations.
Before Tesla, I was a Director of Business Intelligence and Pricing at the largest Pet Food & Supply distributor in the US, Phillips Pet Food & Supplies based out of Easton, PA. My wife and I also owned a small business in Bethlehem, PA between 2016 and 2019.
My thoughts are my own and are not representative of everyone who currently works, or has worked at Tesla.
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Timestamps below
00:00 Introduction
02:27 Problem solving
06:00 Workforce
08:27 Stock and healthcare
11:10 Respect
13:17 Accomplishments
15:37 Guardrails
18:47 Politics
20:28 Sophistication
23:40 Breaking stuff
25:37 Talent
28:34 Speed
30:38 Celebrating wins
32:26 Day to day
33:50 Culture
35:49 Wearing hats
39:55 Ego
41:58 Honesty
43:20 Rest
47:30 Summary and closing
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This was great! I admit that before watching I thought this would be a "sour grapes" video. Just the opposite. This felt like a clear-eyed, objective, fair assessment of the Tesla work experience. It confirms everything I had hoped would be true about this company: the best, the brightest, problem solving, addressing the world's toughest challenges, driving efficiencies, making things better. This was affirming to see. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much for the comment!
It’s great to get this insider information, I love the good the bad and the ugly, a lot more good at Tesla than the other two negatives. Even though it is intense, that is a good thing.
As you’d expect. Tesla has great employees.
As a former employee, I agree wholeheartedly with your perspective ❤️
Definitely an amazing place to be!
Congratulations on the stock options
@@farzyness why did you leave? Or why is there relatively high turnover at Tesla? Speed? Does high turnover slow Tesla down actually as recruiting and training takes time?
@@stefanooldani74 there is definitely turnover at Tesla but I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s high. We reached financial security so my wife and I are going to use the time to travel and pursue our passions!
@@farzyness Hopefully in a Tesla :) Thanks for replying
Always great to hear from insiders what they have to say. Gives us TSLA shareholders and supporters confidence
I would have loved to have worked here in my 2os. Thank you and to all Tesla employees for the massive achievements you have made
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for your honesty and direct appraisal. It is a joy to hear about the "inside" of a company I am so heavily invested in.
Thank you!
Really excellent well thought out video. Especially for your first one! Yes you definitely have a future as a TH-camr. Somewhere between Rob Maurer of Tesla Daily (too dry), and Steven Mark Ryan of Solving the Money Problem (too emotional). Your intellect shines through in a humble way ("feel stupid every day"). We need more content like this. I'm a long time Tesla owner and shareholder, and looking forward to more of your videos!
This is an incredibly kind comment! Thank you so much. I really enjoy watching both Rob’s and Steven’s videos (as well as Dave’s). I’m very grateful to have had the 1st hand experience at Tesla which gives me a different lens to look at all the Tesla goings that happen on a daily basis, and I’m very much looking forward to making more videos!
THANK YOU to all current, past and future Tesla employees for every little thing you have done!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!🙏
Raul here from GFNV. I love the clarity and honest delivery. I truly think there should be more of this happening. I started as a material handler in 2020 and now lead the training department for the gigafactory. Truly endless possibilities if you are willing to take feedback and put in the work. Look forward to future videos!
Thanks so much! Always great to hear other employees finding commonality with this video!
I was planning applying for an internship this summer, and your insight makes me both nervous and excited! Thank you for the video.
Very insightful! As a Model Y owner, I've been in awe about being able to drive around in a vehicle that doesn't use gas and has incredible technology. The work that you and others have done at the company are a direct contribution to the experience we have as Tesla owners. Thanks for taking the time to compile your thoughts and post this!
Great videos man!
I'd love to hear more little stories about individual moments on the job. Little wins and things you learnt solving particular problems. Or general smart or original solutions you witnessed throughout the whole company..
Thank you! Great info for someone who “plans” to work there one day! 🙏 much appreciated, what a wild experience! Glad you were able to experience such beautiful flow and a different environment the likes of other companies don’t even understand. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment!
Brilliant video, I really enjoyed it! Great advice for anyone who is working especially young folks just starting out in their careers. Well done!
Man! Thanks for sharing this, this is pure gold, this should be an intro video ran before applying to Tesla. This is well balanced and I see it overall very positive. The kind of environment where you're going to war every day and make serious bonds with amazing people aiming towards an amazing goal. Thanks a lot for sharing this insight, obiously this place is not for 9-5'ers, unions or people for whom working is a mandatory pain, but for people who are challenge driven and type-As, this almost looks like paradise :D
Really Excellent video .. thank you for sharing .. gives tremendous insight.. really envy your experience.. your story is vicarious for me.. lastly, you sound like a really great person.ty again!.
Thanks so much!!
Glad I found your channel. Best of luck!
Thanks for your intelligent, coherent insights. A good first video and you’ll only get better.I look forward to more in the future. We have a ‘21 MY, own stock and love our vehicle.
Thanks for the video. I can relate to "feeling dumb every day". I worked for 3 great years for a Fortune 50 tech company and when I went there, I realized how amazingly talented and smart the people were. I felt inferior for the first time in my life, until my boss said we only hire the best and you're one of them! When I was being interviewed, many of the questions had to do with dealing with ambiguity. Much like you describe, my time there was fast paced, with continuous change and process improvement. Hope your new direction in life gives you great fulfillment!
Thanks so much for watching!
Hi Farzad, I just watched your video with Dave Lee and am thrilled that you started your own TH-cam channel. I was lucky & fortunate enough to be an investor in TSLA since ~2018. You seem like a great guy & I really appreciate you sharing your story. I am definitely a fan!
Truly appreciate your thoughtful insights and observations... Well done ❤️
Great video sounds like a great company to work for! Love the positive talk of your team!
Thank you for doing this video! So enlightening at the same time so familiar and comfortable! Would LOVE to join the mission!
These are the most exciting times I have seen in a long time, seeing the potential humanity as you folks pave the path into our future. Your Tesla team has been magnificent.
Unfortunately every time in history when things are excellent for mankind, governments will start a war or cause some major resistance to distract and destroy. Thanks your man
Have watched half dozen of your videos and have decided to start from the beginning and come forward when I have time. Video was long we gave good insights. Nicely done especially for a first! 👍🏻🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Oh, and welcome to Texas! 🤠
Great Insight! Thanks for Sharing!
Dear Farzad: Thank you so much for your insights. I have to go to work now, caught you on “solving the money problem.” I will watch your whole video after work. I did a lot of successful R&D work In the 1990s, and I wish I had an environment as challenging as Tesla, and as enabling and permissive. More later. Thank you so much, Steve
Great video! It is enlightening to get a perspective from an employee from the inside. It reinforces the conviction I have in the company and have had for quite some time. I know I invested in Tesla, years ago, with both eyes and ears engaged and that my read was correct. I’m astonished that this is only the second video I’ve seen of this type from a former employee. It makes me wish I were 40 years younger. I spent 43 years with a major aerospace company and had the unusual unofficial job of being a fixer. If something was broken or hopelessly behind schedule, many times I would find myself packing my bags and heading into the hotspot. It was tough (especially on my young family), but I loved all the ground I covered and the skills I acquired over the years. I think Tesla would have been a better fit for me. Legacy companies aren’t organized that way and I often met great resistance and was initially perceived as an outsider. Too many times, the fiefdom was protected at the expense of the company. It sounds like Tesla has gotten it right (warts and all).
Thanks so much for sharing your story! Yes, Tesla is a very special place were folks are expected to challenge the status quo. Not a fit for everyone but those that are willing to set their ego aside will accomplish amazing things. Just be ready to melt your brain!
Been there , done that. I worked my ass off for APS for 16 years and then 18 years with the state of AZ. Can't say I was appreciated much. But I had fun doing my thing.
Good insight into the company culture. Thanks
Loved this! Great summary of Tesla's work culture. Everyone should want to work there. There was a similar culture, of all places, TRW space and defence. I worked there for 10 yrs and loved every min.
Great to hear! Great culture makes working places so much easier :)
Super informative. Thanks for sharing!
You have been great for my economy as I invested everything in TSLA in 2016 and thus experienced a 20 X.
Appreciate your unique insights.... A great addition for us in the Tesla community and look forward to more of your perspective.
Thanks so much! Looking forward to making more videos!
Thank you so much for sharing. When curious people find barriers (real or imagined) placed between us and actual information - we make it up. One of Humanities' Prime Directives - "Find out what we don't know - ALL information will have a beginning, middle and end. If not discoverable, make it up and move on". You have presented an array of information that I hadn't even "imagined". I got a few things "right" - but mostly I was either wrong or had not even thought some things were possible. Awesome!
Awesome insight! Thanks for watching!
Great insights look forward to hearing more. The echo in the room could use a tweak. 2010 Tesla investor and have bought in to the mission. It has delivered more than I could ever have imagined.
Fabulous insight, thank you. Huge respect and gratitude for all Tesla employees.
Hey Farzad! Was both happy and sad to hear of you leaving, happy for what it means for you and the better half, and sad for Tesla losing you. Would have loved to have gotten a chance to work with you at Allentown. I'm still targeting a chance to join the team, and have passed up a few chances just because of salary concerns. In the next year I hope for that to not be a problem and I'll have a chance to join the team to do some more direct help! Thanks for the video, I love the perspective and hope you have nothing but awesome opportunities ahead! Love to you and the family.
Thanks so much Ryan!!!
Great & honest video about your experience.
There's lots of sound echo in your room..which is quite apparent in the recording. Perhaps you need to install some sound deadening or diffuser materials to reduce the echo. Audiophiles are good at it..you may seek advice from them.
Thanks for watching and for the feedback! Will be working on this for future videos!
Very well put together and he hit on all the questions I had about the human ( workers) side of the environment of the work place. American work force needs a better working environment than the Union thieves that run the auto industry workforce.
The benefits with Tesla are AMAZING! Loved your insights, thank you for sharing!
Agreed! Thanks so much!
Here from SMR.
Thanks for sharing.
Very nice job. Thanks.
Great video. Thank you for being super honest about everything.
Thanks for watching!
Great insight into the workings of Tesla for me as a Tesla enthusiast, Tesla product owner and stock holder. Thanks so much!
Wow great video and so informative. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more videos
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for your perspective and time.
Thanks for your share. I have benefitted greatly from your hard work.
Thanks for watching!
Amazing sharing in this video, really love the idea. Keep it up! Valueable stuff here
Thanks so much!
Farzad - great hearing about your experiences working at TESLA. Love your authenticity, honesty and positivity. You've given us more reason to respect Elon's brilliance - his work ethic in fulfilling his vision and chosen mission in his life to immediately improve sustainable environmental practices on Earth, for starters, and how he has infused you, for sure, and others at TESLA with enthusiasm and active participation in "owning" his shared vision. You make it sound so exciting to work at TESLA and be part of this Big Movement!
Great Job! All the best! Subscribed!
Great video! You gave us a glimpse on why Tesla is Tesla now.
And hearing from a previous employee on the culture of Tesla is so amazing.
The cons seems to be minor coz of the amount of talent in the company.
Anyways, looking forward to your next video!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Farzad for your service! Great video!
Thanks for the spill. Brilliant summary
Thanks for watching!
As an investor/fanboy I appreciate your work. The opportunity to invest in this company has brought me a lot of freedom
Awesome to hear!
Thanks for sharing. Sounds like an amazing experience which you are proud of.
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
Great info. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. This illustrates that if you enable creativity and desire , employees will help a company succeed. It’s in their own collective self- interest and that of the company to move forward. One suggestion for a future video is that you give specific examples of what you did without disclosing confidential information. In other words, define what is an outbound processes is and how it works. Even use the generic term widget for the explanation. Entiendes?
Thanks for the insights!
Thanks for sharing, awesome, just awesome!.
Great video. Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks for watching!
Love your perspective, sir, including those you have expressed in the comments here. Well done!
Thank you!
Thank you. Very valuable.
Wow, great insight into how things work inTesla... Thanks
Man I love this.
Thank you for sharing and thank you for your work.
I resonate with the Tesla culture and I'm working my way to get a job at Tesla when it's available in my area.
Big Elon fan, all-in tsla investor.
Thanks for the comment! Best of luck!
Awesome insights. Sounds like Elon is not only talented at creating amazing products BUT also for creating a company culture that encourages everyone to perform at their best levels.
This is mint!
Your insight is hugely inspiring and I have often wondered what it is like to work there at Tesla.
I am in the opposite situation where I had my own computer business for 12 years but now am working at the government laundry driving a truck. It is such a backwards-thinking place and completely kills any innovative thoughts and ideas.
You deserve to succeed in whatever you want to do! An active mind...
Thank you so much! A brain in motion stays in motion!
Very nice presentation. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you i have just applied for mant positions in tesla and your video makes me feel better about my decision
thanks for doing this for us!
u did a great job!
Thank you!
Farzad , thanks that was brilliant. Not only are you a smart guy, but you’re a brilliant communicator. Best of luck with this channel.
Many thanks!
“Get ready to work long & hard”…
So much I was going to say about that, but I have to take my UAW mandated break.
😂
TY! If I start to think of my time at Tesla and question if my memory is wrong, this video rescues me. Thank you Farzad!
Thanks for watching!
Great insights, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are so amazing. Thank you for providing this insight into working at Tesla!
Thanks for the kind words!
Great video. Thanks for sharing 👍🍻
Nice and clear assessment.
Thanks you Farzad! I'd like to know more insight about Tesla as its stock holder. Just subscribed your channel, pls keep up your good work!
Thanks a bunch!
Awesome video. Thank you very much.
Glad you liked it!
Really enjoyed this first-person POV on everyday work life.
Glad to hear it!
This is why Tesla as moved and grown so fast. Very few companies, if indeed any other company has this work ethos. I’ve, in my line of business seen situations within companies where no one would make any decisions without being passed up through the chain of command. Hence either they weren’t made or it took forever to resolve. ---“It’s more than my jobs worth”-- What was as bad, nothing was changed that messed with the status quo, many times I was told “ thats how we’ve always done things” Tesla have introduced a breath of fresh air into the workplace and it’s really shook up a lot of dinosaurs.
Just binge watched all your videos. Great to hear about Tesla from an insiders viewpoint. As a Tesla investor in the UK I love to hear about what it is really like working for the most disruptive company on the planet. So thanks for your insight, and I look forward to your next video.
Welcome aboard!
Absolutely love quick prudent changes. Taking 3 days to accomplish what should take 3 hours killllz me. Changing it so we all have less stress is the way to go!
Agreed!
So proud of you. We love you
Thankyou for helping shape this great company. Great video. How many days a week did you work? Did you have weekends off ?
Thanks for watching! Early on I didn’t really have days off, but later on I was able to reclaim my weekends 😂. I ended my time working anywhere between 40-60 hours per week depending on what was going on.
Great video! I love what you've said about this company.
My question is: how are pay and scheduling and time off done? Salary, hourly pay, bonuses for achieving measurable improvements, is there a set schedule like 5 days a week from 7am until the job is done, etc.? I'm not looking for pay amounts, but wondering what kind of innovation goes into those aspects of the business.
We were encourage to give constant feedback to our teams, and then every 6 months we would sit down and review all that feedback and see how we would be progressing towards that year’s goal. Every 12 month there would a schedule to hand out raises/promotions/coaching/exiting. It’s somewhat traditional with the added emphasis around constant and continuous feedback.
Loved the video. And yes healthcare packages are always ignored!
Thank you for this video. Everything you've described is almost virtually identical to other tech companies from the talent to the day-to-day's fast paced environment. Perhaps the only difference is how "sane" your CEO is :D
So insightful, thanks ! Tesla is energy/speed to the max., makes the big 3 seem so old.
Great 1st video! Congrats on this new journey :) I was wondering if you have any regrets so far leaving? And do you think you ll ever go back?
Thanks so much! No regrets thus far, really enjoying my time right now navigating through life figuring out what's next. I haven't thought about going back at all but if the the right circumstances line up who knows!
@@farzyness well goodluck and I wish you all the best 🙏🏽 and keep them vids comin ;)
Take a sabbatical and go back for your future children. Or ask Elon what extension of this 3D chess game Sustainability that he needs developed@
Amazing, your are the definition of passionate.
Thank you!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much for this video. You are very talented in so many ways. No wonder Tesla is doing so good. Please make more videos on Tesla and let us know more about this great company.
Thanks so much!
Great video thanks, my question is what adventures are you onto next.
Right now TH-cam videos seems to be it! Also will be traveling quite a bit starting next year.
Thanks for sharing
Your many hats description reminds me of description of Amazon's early days.
What an insight, phenomenal video, already a follower. I was part of a small team who launched the Internet for the biggest UK telecom from 1996 onwards, what you talk about tesla resonates with clever folk all around us, I guess even feeling dumb at times I was up there, teaching others and launching IP products like there was no tomorrow.
So dost (friend) well done on making a crash landing into the TH-cam super league. There are some other good youtubers here but they don't show their faces and become repetitive.
This is really kind! Thanks so much!
Great stuff! Viewers: DON'T quit before the "wearing many hats" segment @ 35:50 .
Farzad: Thanks for your contribution to shaping Tesla into the success story it is! I saw your comment that you left T because...financial independence achieved! You EARNED that, and you contributed to my gain, too. I was blessed to "see" where things COULD go in May 2019...A few months before the two-year, 3000% stock run-up.👍
Farzard. Thank you so much for your 4 yrs. of service. And Thank you for Sharing your experience. I have met so people who think that Tesla is horrible. I refuse to think that. You can bring us a side we have not seen before. Will you be willing to share more if you can. I think you are the first that I know of.
Appreciate the comment! Definitely looking forward to making more videos!
Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for your insight! Wow.... I would love to see something like this from maybe a former GM employee or another car company like that... I am betting that the narrative might be a little different. Innovating at the pace that Tesla does is definitely difficult and a lot of times super frustrating and stressful. It's a good thing that they can find people like you, Farzad. Any machine is only as strong as it's weakest part... Without a whole staff of people like you, Tesla would likely have gone under years ago. Thanks for helping to push the automotive industry. You're appreciated! My Model 3 is slated for delivery the 1st of the year by the way, and when I drive it, I will be able to really think about all the work that went into making it a reality.
Thank you so much for this awesome comment! Lots of pride in Tesla, I can tell you that much!
I remember my father (he was a genius) working at GM Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac assembly plant, they worked you like a slave, at the time, I was 14, I told him to quit and he did, and never looked back. He had a great life.
@@tedmoss Its amazing how everyone sort of appreciate their parents at the time when we were young but unfortunately in most cases we never really appreciate their sacrifice until they are gone. Sounds like Elon would of had your Dad working at SpaceX.
Very interesting perspective. Wish I was younger. Sounds like a challenging but rewarding place to work
Thanks for watching!
Awesome First video 👍