I heard Rivian laid off salaried workers this week. The number I heard was high. Maybe Government Paid Media can ask for us.
Why would anyone relocate here to work where their job isn’t guaranteed? Is Illinois going to cut their funding now?
h/t a reader
Isn’t the goal/strategy to attract and make B-N the new Silicon Valley and attract and make it the most “diverse friendly” city in the state? Maybe I’m wrong but experience seems to confirm all this what I heard and based on the HR practices and hiring practices and systems I’ve seen, clearly affirmative action is built into the front end and backend hiring systems and workflows/process.
Data and U of I and ISU and “Data Analytics/consulting contracts” and big insurance data abuses seem to be what’s been happening throughout Central Illinois – setting the stage for China (social scoring, intimidation/stalking by roles/authority and “risk mgt” Internet of Things governance model and abuse by authority/roles against long time citizens/taxpayers and abuse of public/private partnerships and projects.
Seen this a while and actually surprised more money is not gonna be dumped into Rivian as in the past.
Curious what anyone else has heard on the state, county and local systems/job experiences and outlook for area.
Call anything infrastructure, data driven, training, military model, business intelligence and risk mgt, digital and law enforcement/security and public/private partnerships and it seems our political class and elites gain and push a lot of this. Both parties.
Keep up the good work Diane! Appreciate your insight. Most folks don’t care or even question any of it and what Rivian (or other orgs) and their partners are doing.
Next up will be a shift layoff. It’s just a matter of time. We are talking about 4000 hourly employees. They have “still” not made “one” dime of profit.
Outlook for the area is not good as JB the Prickster most likely steals election number three.
It seems reasonable that when the hourly workforce has been trained with better manufacturing proficency/efficiency, and with production volumes for aging current models lower, there would be less need for salaried supervision and salaried support positions until the next gen R2 vehicles are launched. Typical of any auto assembly plant practice and these are not tech position cuts.
Ugly vehicles in my opinion. I would never park one in my driveway and definitely not in my garage. Rumor has it EV’s are a fire hazard.
Illinois WARN defines notice-triggering events differently than federal WARN. Illinois WARN applies to employers with 75 or more full-time employees (excluding part-time workers) and requires employers to provide 60 days advance notice of pending plant closures or mass layoffs.
A “mass layoff” under Illinois WARN is a reduction in force at a single site of employment that is not the result of a “plant closing” and results in employment losses during any 30-day period (or, in some cases, during any 90-day period) of 25 or more full-time employees if they constitute one-third or more of full-time employees at the site, or 250 or more full-time employees.
I don’t see Rivian in the April or May report. Must have been a number below the required reporting level.
Fewer people bidding on a home raising property values. Yeah
Government paid media?
U mean NPR?
Layoffs are not a surprise and Rivian isn’t alone. Tesla’s stock has been tanking for the past several months.
Why? Simple economics. When government intervenes in the market, separate from the desires of the consumer, the industry and the consumer eventually suffer.
If the government wants to continue to mandate an industry’s products the only way it will survive is to also mandate what the consumer buys. That’s the next step, it’s is called Socialism. Then when the consumer doesn’t obey they are forced into Communism. Total government control for the good of the collective.
Three years, nothing but robots. Of course way beyond Koos lack of intellect.
Just like the Biden Infrastructure grants for Illinois. When Pritzker wanted “Internet Equity”, and announced the “BEAD” program or the “Internet for All” scam.
https://dceo.illinois.gov/news/press-release.26635.html
Starlink $120/month. Awesome service. Kinda beats the costs associated with running fiber, wireless 5G, or copper to rural areas for billions of taxpayer dollars. I just installed a Starlink connection at my mom’s farm last weekend, 1 hour, about 2-3 acres of wireless internet from one router. 300mbps average. From 10-25 on old DSL ($89/month) that was constantly out and Frontier refused to service or prorate.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/6/23587382/rivian-electric-bike-confirmed#comments
Rivian getting into the e-bike market? I want one with heat, air conditioning, and safety features keeping me balanced so I don’t fall off.