Rivian Makes Its Second Small Workforce Cut Of The Year Ahead Of R2 Suv Launch

Rivian is laying disconnected astir 150 workers — its 2nd mini unit trim successful a matter of months — arsenic nan institution readies itself for nan all-important motorboat of its more-affordable R2 SUV adjacent year.

The institution confirmed to TechCrunch that nan caller cuts were mostly to its “commercial” team, which deals pinch income and work operations, and that affected labor will beryllium eligible for rehire and encouraged to use for different unfastened positions. The Wall Street Journal first reported nan layoffs earlier Thursday.

The layoffs travel a akin trim of astir 1 percent of its full workforce that TechCrunch first reported in precocious June. Those cuts targeted Rivian’s manufacturing team.

Rivian has made repeated workforce adjustments complete nan past 2 years. It laid disconnected around 10% of its unit successful early 2024 and made different mini trim successful April 2024. The institution started this twelvemonth pinch astir 15,000 labor worldwide.