Rivian reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(1,900 total reviews)
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R.J. Scaringe

71% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Rivian has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,900 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rivian employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0
Jun 12, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Let's put it this way. Not many companies out there are building out autonomous electric vehicles and an extensive charging network across North America. Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever by building zero emission high performance EVs. The company has great investments and partnerships with the likes of Amazon and Ford. In addition to the R1T truck and R1S SUV for the consumer market, Rivian is also building out 100,000 electric delivery vans for Amazon. And we are building out a large network of thousands of chargers across North America. So whether you're into automobile engineering, manufacturing or software development, there are really exciting things to work on at Rivian. You will work with a lot of smart driven people, you will be solving new challenges. There is a lot of potential for career growth as well.

Cons

I haven't seen any downsides as such in my 6 months here. The only thing is that its a very fast paced environment compared to most companies and you have to be very adaptive to change. This is expected though since we are launching a new product

3.0
Mar 12, 2024

It went downhill fast

Recommend
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Pros

Best job I have ever had, you are challenged every day and work with great people. You work in an environment that values the technical work output. Amazing product.

Cons

Plagued by internal politics. Lots of empire building that leads to crazy waves of uncontrolled hiring, followed by firing. You will never feel safe in your employment here. Everybody has seen amazing engineers fired because their roles were no longer critical to achieve the constantly changing strategic company direction. This company is world class at burning cash. There is insane waste everywhere. They also took on too many projects at once and abandoning them frequently. Our next car has already been years in the making and even now I am not confident that the design/ specs won't change again. A lot of leaders at VP level are utterly useless. After recent layoffs I the teams have been gutted so hard that I foresee a lot of dysfunction in the coming months.

5.0
Dec 29, 2018

Rivian - What a fantastic place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

All people are appreciated, rewarded and recognised The most innovative company in the Automotive Industry today Technology led, Rivian don't just talk about technology they have the recipe for it Flexible working, all great employees and given the space, room, environment to do great work

Cons

Exclusivity - Rivian only hires the best, its difficult to get a job

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