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

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
1.0
Mar 10, 2023

Rivian is a joke

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Pros

Not many, maybe a cool product.

Cons

Management doesn’t know what they are doing, no vision, everything is ad-hoc, RJ the CEO has no business running the company, he is inexperienced and has no idea how to manufacture vehicles, stick to design, let the adults that know what they are doing run the show. Company is also super woke, worst place I’ve ever worked and they are always figuring out ways to screw the people that built the place. Benefits are a joke, unlimited vacation is a scam and should be illegal for companies to establish as a supposed benefit.

3.0
Mar 10, 2023

The veil has been lifted

Recommend
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Pros

I believe in the Mission. There are some really great people here.

Cons

I guess the veil has been lifted. The things that i was promised to leave my previous employer were not true. I was told advancement and development was something that they were proactive about, but the policies they have in place determine that to be a lie. Maybe if you are already mid-upper management as they seem to get new job titles each quarter, but I am not even able to become a higher level at my own position (they call it riv level). For over a year I was told there was not a solid process in place, to do so but then i noticed other peers with my title getting Riv'd up. I asked for guidance on how to do and was given none. Last cycle I was told that they are only allowed to do a very limited number of people per promotion cycle so i was not nominated. This is all fine and dandy except in my position there is no where to go with my level. I dont care that there is money associated with the leveling up as much as I do the title itself. I can not even interview for a job if it skips a level and I can only level up 2 x a year IF I am nominated. This process is broken. I was told I would be better off quitting and reapplying for the job I really want if skipping levels was a thing. How does that make sense? All the money that was put in recruiting, interviewing and vetting employees to have to do it again because they left to get a job in the same company? Does RJ know any of this? I feel like he can't possibly know how his lower level employees feel- We are frustrated and burn out and feel like we are not important.

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