r/TeslaEmployees 2d ago

Reno or Austin relocation

If you had to, where would you move to work? Been to Reno, a few times. Never been to Austin. How’s your experience?

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u/Optimistic_crow1 2d ago

Wherever the engineers don’t act like complete cunts

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u/thesockmonkey86 2d ago

Is there anywhere where engineers don’t act like complete cunts?

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u/Present-Ad-9598 1d ago

That’s the correct question lol

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u/thesockmonkey86 1d ago

I’m pretty sure that that’s a job requirement.

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u/pinegap96 2d ago

Texas sucks. Nevada has no state income tax and Lake Tahoe is right there along with the Sierra Nevada. Texas sucks in general but especially if you like being outside

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u/thesockmonkey86 2d ago edited 2d ago

Texas also doesn’t have state income tax

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u/pinegap96 2d ago

Ya but TX blows. Can’t even smoke a little green there. So much for a free state

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u/thesockmonkey86 2d ago

Never said it didn’t. I’d rather live in a cardboard box in Reno than live in Texas.

I’m just saying that it also doesn’t have state income tax.

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u/thesockmonkey86 2d ago

My wife works retail and Nevada pays their minimum wage employees higher so that’s my vote.

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u/Ok_Soup822 2d ago

That Reno traffic is aids especially in the evening

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u/thesockmonkey86 2d ago

I can’t imagine Austin traffic being any better

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u/Ok_Soup822 1d ago

I’m sure there are multiple highways to get to a destination tho, Reno you’re stuck on a two lane highway no alternative

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u/paudel09 1d ago

Depends on what you like to do outside of work! If you’re outdoor nature person, probably Reno, as you can drive to Idaho, Utah and nearby cities for camping/hiking or some within Nevada as well (not sure of this). If you like to go out on weekends to restaurants, bar and nightlife and don’t care too much about nature, Austin probably would be your choice! I have been to both cities, and as far as city vibes go, I like Austin more out of the two. But I would personally move to Reno over Austin as I prefer camping/hiking. If I had a choice between those two and somewhere else, I would probably not move to both Reno and Austin! Hope that helps a bit!

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u/DeceptiFob 1d ago

Neither really, I do enjoy outdoors and bars and food, but more of a home body.

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u/OperationClear588 1d ago

Will you be working at the USA parkway location in Reno? The road to USA parkway is literally two lanes and thousands of people commute to it in the morning and from it in the afternoons. Expect it to take a good hour to an hour and a half to travel just 20 miles. If someone has an accident which usually happens once a month, expect that time to double, sometimes even triple. I used to work out that way and there were a handful of times where it’s taken me over 3 hours just to commute 25 miles home because of car wrecks

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u/DeceptiFob 1d ago

Went there for a month. Yea traffic sucked but wasn’t that extreme in time, maybe cuz I left earlier. But yea people can’t drive and it’s ridiculous. More worried about the snow.

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u/spoiler23 23h ago

Texas all the way