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 4, 2024

Think hard before you join

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Pros

Good benefits “Unlimited vacation” (although it’s impossible to actually use) opportunities for the “inner circle” Diversity and inclusion is a top priority

Cons

NO work life balance, they expect you to be available at all times- day, night, sickness, surgery recovery, vacation, bereavement - and if you do actually take time off you’re buried with work for weeks after Compensation won’t change more than 3% regardless of a promotion or performance UNLESS your managers decide you’re the “golden one” Anyone who has been there more than 3 years isn’t valued- new employees are hired are significantly higher salaries and expected to do less “Promotions” are “offered” after you’ve been doing the work for a long period and they act like everything is a gift The travel policy is archaic- no one can travel on the amount “in policy” for meals… even fast food is too expensive so you pay out of pocket. The in policy flights are only the cheapest ones with the worst scheduling so you travel on weekends a lot. Hotel choices are okay. Policies are vague, assuming you can find one. Most of them are being created and don’t have the right skill set creating them If you aren’t in California, don’t bother trying for promotion, you have to be there to be seen. You could be the best employee at the company and work yourself to death and they would promote someone with less skills, less experience, and less seniority because they are in California and you’re not. (But they’ll never admit that) Did I mention they don’t value employees? They say they do… it’s all smoke and mirrors If you’re not a diversity candidate, best of luck… you’ll never be seen as valuable

2.0
Jul 30, 2023

A great opportunity turned into a terrible experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

• Great people, very collaborative • Company in good hands with leadership - employees are proud of the brand • Good benefits, good pay • Remote work opportunities available

Cons

• Work/Life balance is completely unrealistic • Many people managers across organization who should not be managing people because of lack of leadership skills and ability to community effectively what they need/want/expect as a new employee • Expectations within one week of employment are so high, it's a setup to fail • Company is struggling with process from team-to-team; teams don't talk to each other creating constant frustration

2.0
Jun 5, 2023
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Pros

- Great brand - Overall great first products that are just ramping and customers love - There's real upside opportunity if the company can pull through the next few years

Cons

- There is no shared culture at the company. Departments and teams work in radically different styles and struggle to collaborate as a result. Cross-functional teams will ignore messages, emails, meetings, finally get in touch and commit to something then fail to follow through. There is no accountability between teams and it's often lacking within them. - Politics and territory battles are brutal and the only way things get done. Major projects are allowed to fail or are even sabotaged between teams, no one trusts anyone outside of their immediate team. Entire teams will idle while politics play out. - Multiple layers of poor middle management. Many of these managers don't know how to lead teams or drive major projects. The company is missing leaders in key areas who are willing to make major decisions and rally teams around them. This has led to competing and overlapping projects everywhere, feeding politics and inefficiencies, and leaving stakeholders with multiple half-solutions. - There are many pockets of downright strange org structure. Managers managing managers, ICs, and dozens of contractors on one team. Teams in strange departments due to politics. Redundant teams across departments or even within the same department. Title inflation everywhere, numerous lead senior staff principal engineers, few deserving of it, many have to be worked around.

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