Once:Now::a Great company:Mess - Engineer Rivian Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Very few true talents (left still - either not laid off or left the company) are good to work with. Truly knowledgeable talents, they are. 2. Products are great. 3. Not-so-terrible WLB (still terrible though).

Cons

0. The company's bright talents tend to leave for some mystic reason(s). 1. Incompetent mid-level leaders - Sr. Managers, Directors, Sr. Directors. The directors and Sr. directors who are supposed to direct, provide guidance are clueless as to what their jobs mean. Simply put, most of them are people pleasers. One can at least spot a couple of their favourites on their team from their previous worklife. Not that it's a wrong thing - the +1s and +2s are equally bad as those higherups if not worse. 2. Exec. Leadership is young and makes its own mistakes to say the least. What and who once seemed inspiring now are not confidence earning. 3. Long gone is the start-up spirit. Now it's full of egoistic political games. 4. Can see a lot of micro managing higherups lately. 5. Illogical and inefficient project roadmaps.

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5.0
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Pros

Great learning opportunity, fun work, good people

Cons

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2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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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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