I just interviewed for a position at Tesla at their Design Studio in SoCal. What does the compensation and benefits look like at Tesla? What would an offer look like? Is there an signing bonus, relocation, housing assistance, etc? Is stock still part of the compensation? Is the stock even worth it the same was as before (meaning the price probably won’t surge up the same way it has in the past)? Currently, I work for Toyota in Plano, TX (outside of Dallas). There are some pretty interesting benefits working for Toyota that other automakers don’t have. There’s the lease car program (rates are extremely good and it includes insurance). At my job level, I also get paid OT (it’s expected that most people will work at least 50/week). I’ve got a BSME and have been in the industry for ~11years in various roles. I know moving some Texas to SoCal will be an expensive change. Friends who have made the move to other EV start ups in the area have said that housing was the biggest shock. Gas and Food are more expensive, but they didn’t notice it as much. I’m overall looking for something new and don’t want to move to Michigan. I applied at Rivian, Faraday Future, and Lucid as well. Base: ~$105k OT: ~$75k (unusually high for 2021) Bonus: ~$15k Additional: Lease car is $300/month for ~$50k vehicle.
Where in SoCal? COL is quite different between locations (e.g. LA vs Orange vs San Diego). I would say negotiate aggressively because cost of life and *tax* in California may eat away your salary.
LA area. I want to negotiate very aggressively, but I also realize there’s a limit as well. It seems like Tesla is at its core a software company. I’m not sure if they prize other fields the same way.
What is OT?
Overtime. Something that most other companies don’t offer engineers.
Join the Studio, they goof off all day and make the rest of us design dumb shit
They offer relocation, stock and base pay. Afaik, there is no signon bonus or OT, but i know commissions are there. Moving from texas to cali will be a huge change. Instead ask for any location in Texas.
Unfortunately, the job is pretty specific to the LA Area. When you say “commissions”, what do you mean? That sounds like something in sales, but I’ve never heard it used in engineering.
My bad. The commission I spoke about is mainly for sales as you said. Well, if its the case with LA, negotiate well and see what can be done. Else taxes will eat you up