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: 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: Rivian as a product and as a company has been amazing to experience. The company – from day one, Rivian drives home a few concepts. Rivian has the compass – a set of values designed to keep the culture of the company during rapid growth. This is not only something that is talked about during orientation and then forgotten. In every quarterly 1:1, this is discussed, and every action and goal are tied to these core cultural values. Aside from that, this is an engineering company, developing something that has not been done before. The expectation has to be that of a start-up. Going into the role, expect to be challenged. There are a lot of things to do and the pace is superfast. Rivian has ambitious goals, and it will take a lot to accomplish them. The leadership team constantly asks for feedback through surveys and 1:1s, and they strive to provide resources for you to succeed. At the end, I feel it comes down to the individual. You can make Rivian as good or bad of an experience as you want. If you put in the effort, learn, be open to change, and voice concerns, then the experience will be an amazing one. If you keep everything bottled in and don’t speak up, then nothing can change. The most amazing part for me is being able to experience the product. Driving the Truck and SUV allows for feedback into the daily tasks and improvements. It also gives meaning to all the hard work that was put into the product.

Cons: Nothing that hasn't been addressed or isn't addressed.