Pros: Good leadership team. Company legitimately wants to make it. Takes care of employees. Great product.

Cons: Many hours. Middle managers do not all perform at the same level. Lots of directional changes.

Pros: Good benefits, unlimited PTO (if you are willing to fight for it), flexible hours. Young engineers are truly talented and hard workers.

Cons: The CTO is hiring his friends, not competent people. There is a lack of automotive industry experience. There are lots of politics and unhealthy competition between teams. Directors play along just to please their VPs but there is no proper management for their teams. The CEO has no experience; he is just a brilliant mechanical engineer but can't run a company. Plans are not realistic, and the company is overcommitting. No proper software testing is being done. No proper software processes are being carried out (although they claim they are agile). No one is willing to invest in you or put down a career path for you. There is no consideration for employees when moving to Palo Alto. The company's only focus is on hiring new people, but they don't mind current employees leaving.

Pros: Rivian has an awesome vision and plan, with strong leadership and direction from the top. RJ espouses and inspires an overwhelmingly positive, caring, passionate mentality in the company that really does trickle down the ranks of the teams. He is truly one of those servant leaders who sets the tone for the company. Rivian is passionate about the people who work here and truly committed to the well-being of the employees and the success of the endeavor. There is an atmosphere that engenders radical thinking about the automotive space, that openly promotes every employee to apply first principles, be creative, bring the best of themselves, and develop the product that the world needs. The company is full of an immense number of really smart, passionate people, and it really feels like there is no limit to what we can do in-house. Rivian really does "walk the talk" – leadership and the heart of the company truly do care about people, the environment, and inspiring adventure. This makes it a very rewarding place to work, and it also makes it really fun. The product we are developing is so exciting, and it may sound odd, but I honestly feel privileged to get to work on it. There are days that I can't believe how lucky I am to be doing such a cool job (I get to be in-vehicle a lot, working directly with the product and taking it to some pretty epic locations). To add a final note, due to the events of the past year, Rivian has been extremely caring and supportive of all the employees and has taken a strong stance to protect the team. Beyond that, we have been able to make a

Cons: It is an extremely fast-paced environment that is rapidly expanding. I have worked at start-ups and in the racing industry, and Rivian has been the fastest-paced. As tends to come part and parcel with a fast pace, there are also pretty demanding hours.