HR is a Terror Here - Sr. Manager, Operations Rivian Employee Review

3.0
Jun 29, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you want to work hard and like freedom and you are a self starter, work with smart people and cutting edge tech, generally a good place to be.

Cons

Group by group, you could have a great team and manager or work in a toxic env. The company has just been stumbling over and over at the executive and management levels and burning a lot of cash. - I am a very high performer and built and led a high performing team in an innovative group, but HR is ruthless regarding issues - It’s gonna be a long ramp to profitability, don’t expect that stock price to move much anytime soon - Leadership coaching is sub par and zero tolerance for issues - Disorganized executive management working with less and less - Layoffs coming, inevitable, my own opinion - Lots of shifts in focus and hiring, had to get reapprovals 4 times in a year for open roles and ultimately hiring is now mostly frozen - The company just doesn’t have the resources to recover from the push for prod launch and now with the difficult financial env, not looking good - I was there almost 2 years, it’s just a grind now with a tightening of the belt - Incredibly disorganized production assembly line, constant reorganizations - Tons of leadership reorganizations across the company - I resigned after wrestling with HR and feeling demoralized by the lack of support

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Great learning opportunity, fun work, good people

Cons

Lots of travel if not based in Normal IL. Lot of change from management

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great exposure to the product - Amazing teammates, boots on the ground collaboration - Onboarding is really well done - they take this part seriously and I appreciate that.

Cons

- Limited growth - Constantly worried whether your department is getting laid off. - I've worked at plenty of other startups and EV companies and this one is by far the worst. - Zero job security unless you're JR

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