Upstart EV automaker Rivian has had a rough time launching a brand new car company in the midst of multiple supply chain shortages, one that has seen it struggle to secure enough parts to ramp up production as planned. The company’s inability to do so caused its stock to quite literally tank, and Ford – a major early investor in Rivian – has since sold off millions of shares after “losing” a substantial amount of potential value in that regard. Regardless, Rivian is still on track to meet its revised production goals for the year, but now, the company is planning on trimming its workforce after a rapid expansion, according to Bloomberg.
Rivian is reportedly planning on laying off hundreds of employees after it apparently grew too quickly in certain aspects, or more specifically, the manufacturing side of things, where the company has some redundancies. Rivian currently employs around 14,000 people, and is apparently planning on trimming around five percent of that workforce in total, with an announcement on the matter expected in the coming weeks.
As of now, the company hasn’t made any final decisions regarding which employees it will lay off, but it has reportedly doubled its workforce in the past year as it attempted to ramp up production significantly. However, supply chain shortages have wreaked havoc on those plans, though the automaker’s cash reserves remain strong with $17 billion on hand as of the end of March.
Rivian isn’t along in that regard, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently stated that he sees a looming recession as inevitable, and noted that the automaker will cut 10 percent of its salaried jobs as a result. However, Musk also noted that he plans on keeping the company’s manufacturing jobs intact for now.
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maybe if they had instituted these cost cutting measures in the beginning they wouldn’t have to cut back now, but when it’s not your money you aren’t all that careful.
Ford has proven that investment in plants in India an California have proven to give poor returns while they have turned there back on current product
Development that has given there competition an current edge both in truck an SUV sales
Plus now they are trying to eliminate their dealer body in favor of trying to duplicate a comparator an with all companies who do not lead but chase a winner they definitely become the poorer for their lack of creativity an effort
Ford in the past was been a leader in every aspect of the auto market an in the last thirty years have lost leadership an market share to the point they will not have product leadership in any category an to loss the number one spot in trucks
That should say it all