Software side is the calmer side
If you join Tesla as a software engineer (not hardware/manufacturing), expect intensity but not factory-floor levels.
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If you join Tesla as a software engineer (not hardware/manufacturing), expect intensity but not factory-floor levels.
Inside software it's calmer than the factory side. Still intense, but managers protected the team during crunch.
If you work in service centers, expect to be on your feet 10+ hours, mandatory weekends during deliveries, and not enough techs for the volume.
Where else does a hardware/software stack ship to a million people in a quarter? The intensity is the cost of admission. Worth it for two years, not five.
Joined for the EV mission, stayed because the work was technically interesting. Left because 60-hour weeks became 75-hour weeks and the company stopped pretending that was unusual.
Demo content. Reviewers note inspiring mission but unsustainable hours on some teams.