Do not apply. - Anonymous employee Rivian Employee Review

1.0
Apr 16, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the employees work very hard and want nothing but the betterment of Rivian. A few managers are actually good leaders. Lots of time to contemplate the decisions that led you to this point in your life, and ask yourself where you went wrong. The engineers are great people to work with.

Cons

Most employees don't do their job. The few managers worth keeping are overshadowed by the ones that want everything done their way, and do not care about stepping on someone else's toes. Constant downtime. Most of my 12 hour shifts consisted of 3 - 10 hours of our machines and robots being down every reason under the sun. Management then blames the team members for lack of production. I've never worked for a more disorganized company in my life. Far too many managers and not enough employees that actually care about their job.

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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
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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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