Rivian

The product is good for the environment.

Toxicity is rewarded, talent is below average, and leadership at every single level is fighting.

Pyramid building is so pervasive it should really be listed as a core competency. Teams and entire orgs are creating competing and duplicative efforts at every turn.

Throw your personal life away and pucker up for 10 to 12 hour days, 5 or 6 days a week. Work-life balance doesn’t exist here.

People are hired on false pretenses and swapped into roles and responsibilities they never agreed to.

Passive-aggressive behavior is the key to success at Rivian. You have to mask your toxicity with indirectness and lies.

The org structure across the company appears to be designed to provide maximum friction to decision-making.

Some of the most confusing and unsustainable technology choices I’ve ever seen are points of pride.

Find a way to align your senior leadership that isn’t the equivalent of throwing angry kindergartners in a room and saying, “figure it out.”

Empower people to feel safe to ask why and engage in healthy, respectful debate without fear.

Stop rewarding toxic behavior.