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Originally Posted by BLU CIVIC
Ħque!
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It didn't take too long to learn Tesla didn't have their shit together enough for me to have confidence in staying with the company.
In two weeks, I replaced 4 drive motors, 3 batteries, and a whole array of failed/faulty components. Lots of amateur engineering, and quality control issues. Considering there are only around 1000 cars in the Dallas metro area, the failure rate is mighty high. The service manager said the cars probably average a trip to the shop every 90 days for some sort of problem...... consumer reports even rates the Model S 'average' reliability.
Which might be ok if I was working a dealership... but as a Tesla employee, all those failures cost the company I was working for lots of money. A company that is relying on a billionaire and a seriously over-inflated stock price to keep it propped up.
Bundle all that with super-ultra-mega-micro-managing, and working their people until they have nervous breakdowns or quit.... I made a quick exit.... which by the way, I totally 100% believe the stories about a Tesla manager being scolded for missing a meeting, because of his child's birth. Because I worked with a guy who the regional director actually said to him, "You have to make a choice. Either Tesla, or your family."
You have to be committed to Tesla first, in order to work there.
On the bright side, I did kick some serious ass, and learned a ton about the cars while I was there.