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      Rivian

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      Rivian reviews

      3.5

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (1,898 total reviews)
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      R.J. Scaringe

      70% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Rivian has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,898 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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      2K reviews
      5.0
      Feb 3, 2020

      Exciting place to work

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Rivian has developed a strong internal culture, with some of the strongest teamwork I have experienced in the workplace. People are dedicated, driven and pulling together, because the product and the overall proposition are so exciting. As an engineer, this is a motivating company to work for. There are multiple engineering projects underway, new technologies and a constant drive to innovate. As a result, there is always new interesting work to sink your teeth into. The leadership team is constantly looking for bidirectional feedback and striving to better themselves and the company. Employees are offered many opportunities to develop individually with new challenges always available. Finally, with the company’s success, it is inevitable that it will need to grow quickly. The emphasis on recruitment not only focusing on strong technical capability, but also cultural fit means that your colleagues are always intelligent, friendly, engaged, and easy to work with. I don’t believe there is a more exciting place to work.

      Cons

      It requires extreme dedication to build a company from a clean sheet of paper, it won't be for everyone.

      1.0
      Jan 29, 2020

      Damaged.

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I would say unlimited PTO, but you might not have your job back when returning from vacation. The company is growing rapidly so even if you exercise this perk, there are consequences. The perk is there to keep the company competitive.

      Cons

      If an issue arises and shared with your manager or HR, you will be retaliated on. This all depends if the person you are having a conflict with is favored. The company structure looks strong, but the people in it doesn't know what they're doing or do not have the backbone to stand up for themselves in fear of retaliation.

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      Rivian Response
      6y
      Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. As I’m sure you’re aware, I joined as Chief People Officer at the end of 2019 with direction from RJ to ensure that our values not only consistently permeate the company, but that they also appropriately evolve as we scale. You’ve raised a very serious concern and we would like to have an opportunity to investigate. Though I can see you are a former employee, please reach out to anyone on the People team so that we may be able to learn more as I can assert that retaliation of any kind would never be knowingly tolerated here. Thank you in advance, Helen.
      2.0
      Jan 28, 2020

      unrealistic plans, no automotive experience within management, lots of politics

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good benefits, unlimited PTO (if you are willing to fight for it) , flexible hours , young engineers are truly talented and hard workers

      Cons

      CTO hiring his friends, not competent people, lack of automotive industry experience, lots of politics and unhealthy competition between teams, directors play along just to please their VPs but no proper management to their teams. CEO has no experience, he is just a brilliant mechanical engineer but can't run a company. plans are not realistic and company is over committing. no proper software testing is being done, no proper software processes are being carried out (although they claim they are agile). no one is willing to invest in you or put down a career path for you. no consideration for employees when moving to Palo Alto, the company only focus is on hiring new people but they don't mind current employees leaving

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