Tesla on your resume (versus, say, GM) is far more likely to get you an interview at another company than get you auto-rejected.
Plus ... imagine the stories!
Doing better manufacturing and selling EVs outside China than the rest of the entire auto industry?
OK.
I can respect the latter, but wrt the former, I can't see why Tesla is worse than any other conglomerate.
They would be dodging a bullet.
Where else are you going to go to work on incredible stuff that actually gets to market?
https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/much-more....
Well yeah, if you have an axe to grind and don't like Musk, then for you it's a red flag, but not for most people. Most people don't hate him enough to discriminate against a candidate for working there.
There are no more desirable companies than Space X because literally no other company is doing anything remotely like what they are. You have Boeing which is a disaster and Nasa which also isn't close.
As of 2022 Space X and Tesla were the #1 and #2 most desired companies to work for.
https://observer.com/list/power-employers-the-companies-us-s...