Rivian reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,885 total reviews)
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R.J. Scaringe

70% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Rivian has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,885 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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2.0
Dec 8, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay, benefits are good, it's a very inclusive environment, clean, the food is decent. Cute town, albeit small and a bit behind the times.

Cons

Massive workload, unrealistic timelines, excessive pressure to produce without proving out the process. Flawed product design. Indirect threat of unemployment. No plan for production fallout. Poor resource management(this one is a pet peeve, a lot of people got used to WFH recently but a manufacturing environment requires hands on engagement and oversight. Zoom meetings don't build things, engineers and technicians with boots on the ground and tools in their hands do). This feel like just another business built to extract every last bit of value from the workforce with very little regard for the human cost. Depression and anxiety are rampant here, sure a degree of stress is healthy and problems will always keep coming up, but forcing people to give up their lives outside of work and to ignore their health, both mental and physical is exactly the type of environment that destroys lives in pursuit of adventure? "greatness?". A cooler truck? Not sustainable, not adventurous.

4.0
Jan 26, 2022

Awesome Company, with some slightly less desirable qualities.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Outstanding work culture, perks, people and pay. I've never worked at any place with such hardworking and teamwork-oriented mindsets. The opportunities at Rivian are endless for those with the aptitude and determination to apply themselves. Alongside that, beats working for a company where for once, you can see the fruits of your hard work by watching happy customers take home some awesome vehicles that everyone had a part in creating.

Cons

Being that it's a start up company, I had forseen long hours and weekends to occur, however, not in such high frequency. I have a family at home that I barely get to see anymore and it's destroying me mentally having to put the bulk of the workload at home on my fiancé since I practically live at work. Sadly, we were all sold the lie about a healthy Work-Life balance that Rivian touted at our Onboarding Process and it feels like the only way you can make that happen is if you pour gasoline on your vacation time and set it on fire, after that has been exhausted, you're pretty much screwed. The work life balance they touted is the main reason I came here because my previous job had me working hours similar to this and it wasn't working out well with my daughter being born recently. I feel my employment here slowly dwindling by the day since finding a babysitter to watch my daughter whilst I work long hours and weekends constantly is what is consuming my vacation here and it hurts because I really want to stay employed here but I find it challenging to fulfill the requirements they set out for us.

1.0
Jul 16, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- This company could become big, very big - CEO seems more likeable.

Cons

The company culture is a myth. The Line managers in the software side are extremely demanding and think that employees working from home should work day and night. There is absolutely no regard for employees family life. Meetings are regularly held starting 8am in morning all the way up to 6pm in evening. There are actually full day of meetings for more than 7 to 8 hours. Many times skipping lunch to be part of meeting is not only encouraged but the bragged about. The expectation is for engineers to finish their work in evening and night. Line managers and directors hold town halls scolding employees to not work so hard but then the same day organizes one-on-one meetings with each employee pressuring to work and deliver more. My direct manager works 4am in morning regularly and does an all nighter and encourages others to do so. Bad example is set by managers themselves and employees are forced to copy. Director forces managers to not put more time estimation in JIRA project tracking system so that his bosses do not see higher man hour requirements to deliver a feature. However forces employees under him to deliver in super-human like speed. Basically the Director wants his bosses to see that his team can deliver a feature which should take 2 months in under 2 week all the while the employees did not work more than 8 hours a day. Utter disregard for employees family. There are kids in family too who need to go school and picked up. But meetings are held exactly at time of pickup and drop off. The behavior is such that there is no such thing as covid in the world. 200 employees are asked to fly and meet for week in office meetings from 8am to 9pm. With current infections spreading to vaccinated people too..this is going to be a super spreader event. The neck breaking work and the pace will break back of all employees. While Directors and VPs ask employees to take a break, they privately pressure to deliver more. too bad. This is another Tesla or even worse.

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Rivian Response
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As our CEO, RJ, regularly speaks to in our bi-weekly All Hands meetings, we are navigating a huge period of growth while working to deliver on our ambitious goals. With that in mind, we know that the only way we can do our best work is to take care of ourselves and one another. While I don’t know all the details of your situation, it is unacceptable for anyone to feel they are unable to take the time they need for themselves. In order to ensure we are holding our leaders and all colleagues to the highest standard, we ask for direct feedback so that we may investigate and resolve any concerns quickly. It’s for this reason we offer several support options, including your local People Partner and a 24/7 anonymous hotline. If, for whatever reason, you are not comfortable utilizing these options, please reach out to me directly. Gathering your input firsthand will better equip us to ensure we address and solve for any root cause issues, so that this may not be anyone else’s experience moving forward. Hope to hear from you soon, Helen Chief People Officer
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