Rivian is shedding round 150 staff — its second small workers reduce in a matter of months — as the corporate readies itself for the all-important launch of its more-affordable R2 SUV subsequent 12 months.
The corporate confirmed to TechCrunch that the brand new cuts have been principally to its “industrial” crew, which offers with gross sales and repair operations, and that affected workers can be eligible for rehire and inspired to use for different open positions. The Wall Road Journal first reported the layoffs earlier Thursday.
The layoffs observe an identical reduce of round 1% of its whole workforce that TechCrunch first reported in late June. These cuts focused Rivian’s manufacturing crew.
Rivian has made repeated workforce changes over the past two years. It laid off round 10% of its workers in early 2024 and made one other small reduce in April 2024. The corporate began this 12 months with roughly 15,000 workers worldwide.
