Thinking about joining Tesla
Despite my hopes, I don’t feel confident that Rivian will survive. My time here started out so promising and it’s steadily gone downhill. A similar role and team at Tesla is available and I’m currently interviewing for it. Without doxxing myself, I’m a Mech design engineer, and my current org at Rivian has reorg-ed more times than I can count. We seem to be rudderless, and I get the sense that my leadership is waiting for the inevitable merger, acquisition or layoff. Give it to me straight: How bad is Tesla’s work culture and required day-to-day time commitment? I know this might be highly team/department dependent, but trying to gain a general consensus so I can make an educated decision. #interview #auto #tesla TC: 300K (base+annual RSU) YOE: 8
Dude… look at twitter… go work for any other company but Tesla…
Tesla is probably not same as Twitter even though Elon musk manages both.
I would say go for Tesla if you get the offer. You can always rebound to Rivian later.
Rivian’s HR team is the worst one ever. The senior executive team hasn’t bought any shares since IPO. Given the reorganizations, layoffs, stock performance etc I’d move as fast as possible
but not to tesla. which is worse…
I'd say you need to take it. If you are seeking a job that is not challenging enough for you at the early stages of your career, you may end up suffering when you move to management. Life in Tesla isn't bad as everyone here talks. At least you can be part of something cool things that the company is working on. If it's too much for you, survive for a couple of years, edit the same post (change the name of companies), and move on.
Why do you feel like they will fail in regards to external factors? It seems like people love the truck and have over 100k reservations orders that would keep the company up until the next model.
Rivian loses money on every truck, more orders is worse for the company not better
Do you think the BOM cost is salvageable? When I do napkin math it seems like y’all are in the ballpark of a $200k BOM per vehicle. Are any of the products near breakeven?