Local H1B Visas – Rivian

By: Diane Benjamin This link has a list of all companies in Illinois with H1B Visas: https://h1bgrader.com/states/illinois-il Click on any name. Page down until you see a RED box that says “View latest H1B Visas . . “. This is part of what you will see for Rivian. Note the dates, many are already in […]

Rivian H1B Visas, Transparency and ISU

By: Diane Benjamin Read to the bottom of this one! Getting millions of tax dollars and tax breaks requires transparency. Rivian stopped providing even the basics. We have no idea how many employees work in Normal because they stopped saying: https://wirepoints.org/after-getting-millions-in-tax-breaks-rivian-now-wont-say-how-many-people-work-in-normal-wglt-npr-at-isu/ Do you know Rivian just settled a lawsuit for $250,000,000? https://www.rttnews.com/3585443/rivian-automotive-reaches-250-mln-settlement-in-securities-class-action.aspx 600 employees across […]

Rivian imports labor – H1B Visas

By: Diane Benjamin h/t a reader Top 25 Illinois companies bringing in foreign labor via H1B visas. See Number 13? https://www.myvisajobs.com/reports/h1b/work-state/illinois . See this link: https://www.myvisajobs.com/h1b/search.aspx?e=Rivian&wc=Normal&o1=Employer&y=2025#google_vignette 89 jobs are listed for Normal. All of them aren’t highly skilled. The list includes software developers, data scientists, product managers, quality manager, various engineers including staff, etc, etc, […]

Rivian: Did Normal and the media miss this?

By:  Diane Benjamin Start here with a tweet from a local Pantagraph reporter: I wonder if Derek knows this, if he does he has kept it a secret! Rivian likes to hire FOREIGN labor! Americans must not know a thing about building non-conventional cars! I wonder if that agreement Normal signed says Rivian MUST hire […]