Rivian

I have been at Rivian for over 2 years and I would rate it 5 stars until last year, and 3 stars now.

Lots of passionate, dedicated people driven by a mission. It can be a fun place to work if you are in the right team!

Huge opportunity to learn and expand your understanding beyond your core area of expertise.

Very dynamic environment with lots of decisions to be made. If you are willing to take ownership, there is a huge opportunity to grow.

Culture - The company culture was great, and there are still individuals working hard to keep it alive!

Culture - With the company growing so rapidly, the bar on hiring has gone down. This is especially true for leadership. Newly hired leaders do not respect the company culture that existed, and all new hires they are bringing in are similar.

Lack of communication - With so many work locations, there is no good mechanism to provide progress updates at a company level. There are very few company-wide or department meetings or channels to share information, so as an employee, you can feel left in the dark.

Culture is important. When Rivian was smaller, we hired carefully, and everyone worked together as one team. As we've become a larger company, with no mechanism to reward/punish, we are losing the culture rapidly. We are going to lose passionate people if this is not fixed immediately.

'Rapid growth' is used as an excuse far too often by upper management (including RJ). While this is true, if we are to be successful in the long run, management needs to start learning from mistakes and own up to missteps.