Rivian

• Good diversity
• Good PR for company due to partnership with Amazon

Extreme burnout working from home. Despite repeated requests to management that working from home does not mean working 24/7, the workload and pressure to deliver more and more is increasing. Management, once in a rare while, sends out emails mentioning that this much output is not good for health and that we should slow down. However, my immediate manager and colleagues are constantly pushing and pressuring to overcommit and overdeliver. This means I have to sacrifice my personal life while working from home and sacrifice my family. I am working 24/7. My colleagues brag about working all weekends. They send messages on weekends and after hours to review their code. Colleagues want to do video chats after hours, and when I ask them that I have to leave, I am asked to stay a bit longer.

Personal life is suffering, kids are suffering, and mental health is suffering. Management is pressuring their direct reports, and in turn, they push their direct reports. Management knows about this and is happy with the output. Empty emails about slowing down come in a rare while, which are never heeded by anybody. What I have to work on and in how much time is decided by my manager, and it cannot change. This is another Tesla culture in the making.

Give employees some break. If you send out an email about slowing down, mean it and enforce it. Do not pressure your direct reports to deliver in spite of that email, because all they can do is pressure their direct reports. WFH is a different ball game. It is taking a toll on employees and will explode.