It Seems Rivian Is Offering An Unparalleled Employee Discount
Apr 16, 2021 1m ago ++ As Rivian aims to hire new workers, it may include plans for massive discounts to employees willing to test its EVs.
Rivian Owners Forum received some interesting information about a potential internal program at the electric automaker that should appeal to most employees. As people aim to work at Rivian, and they are looking to move into the area around Normal, Illinois, housing prices may be high in many cases. Rivian is reportedly offering help with incentives for its workers.
Rather than having a traditional employee discount, which is typically just a discount off MSRP, it s reported that Rivian is willing to pay employees $1,000 per month to drive the R1T electric truck or R1S three-row SUV. If this is true, the stipend could essentially cover the employees monthly payment to have the vehicle. However, at the time of writing, Rivian didn t co
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Rivian s announcement that it plans to hire 1,800 workers at its electric vehicle plant in Normal by the end of the year has real estate agents and homebuilders scrambling to make sure there are enough places for those workers to live in Bloomington-Normal.
Tom Armstrong owns Armstrong Builders in Bloomington. He has seen the good times and the bad in the housing market. Over the last decade, it s been mostly bad.
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“There’s been a few times during these last couple of years where I questioned whether or not I should be doing what I do,” Armstrong conceded.