https://www.autoblog.com/2022/07/11/rivian-job-cuts/
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Another 500 people let got today! The bloodshed at Rivian goes on! No one let get saw it coming! All the happy goodbyes on linkedin are turning sour! Now its FU Rivian! Gave you 5 years of my life!
well put.
Retired after 30+ and gently brushed aside at Ford near the end. Yes it is interesting to see this national talk about so many these companies and the quest for talent. I believe my co-workers and I had talent. Talent to adapt to new CEOs every few years, talent for countless new initiatives, talent through the reorgs, talent in getting the latest tech proven and in Ford, talent in working with dozens of leadership styles, talent in coaching multiple diversity candidate leaders who should not be running things. Yes-talent. We managed to design, FMEA, test, launch, and manufacture cars and trucks quite well making Ford billions, in spite of that. I guess that's not the kind of talent Ford wants.
Funny that the July contractor layoff has never been reported on by Detroit papers but Rivian, Argo AI have.
1st, there were already salary cuts at Ford. 2nd anyone that says more aren't coming is an ostrich with their head in the sand. Or somewhere else just as dark. Multiple LL4s are on record that more are coming. Even if they are NDA'd and cannot say more.
Whether Rivian has any or not has no bearing, so the basis of this thread is stupid.
I think everybody is on board there will be some cuts. It appears industry wide there is a cut of roughly 10% in salaried workforce starting everywhere. Seen at Microsoft, Facebook etc. Especially in fields that were once fighting for "talent" (the fck ever that word is) attempting to technologically outgrow competition quickly. Those companies over-hired or are delaying or cutting programs that were meant to deliver newest innovations. now its about being able to deliver at all?