Do NOT support this company - Anonymous employee The Riveter Employee Review

1.0
2 Feb 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Probably the highest quality colleagues I’ve had below the executive level. Stellar, smart and dedicated team.

Cons

Toxic. C-Suite cannot lead, do not have clear direction, change strategy every 2-3 months and fire people en masse because of it and falsely claim “poor performance.” It’s unethical to loop in so many talented people to have their skills go to waste here because all decisions and process direction comes from C-Suite. No space to be creative or innovate. People feel like robots— just executing without input or even information on the company strategy. Nepotism is strong here and very problematic. Toxic white feminism runs rampant and unchecked. They talk about pay equity but do not pay their employees, consultants or event speakers equitably. They talk about intersectional feminism but can seem to hire or retain women of color on their teams. That they have been able to get the press attention and money they have is not on merit but on connections and vision of a brand. They lie to the press, their members, the investors and the community.

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5.0
10 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendliness, positivity, family oriented, good money

Cons

Can be strict but that’s how you have to be to have a good business

1.0
20 Jun 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The most talented group of team members I’ve ever worked with. The passion for change was palpable amongst us.

Cons

The company and CEO only care about where the next funding round is coming from, while portraying to the public that they actually care about making change. The CEO only cares about her public image and doesn’t want the public to know how she actually runs the company behind the scenes. The wealth of knowledge at The Riveter was used up and spit out when the C-suite got what they needed from each employee. Plans changed and employees were let go at the drop of a hat. Every day was a worry of, “am I next.” The culture was abhorrent because of the fear of job loss. If the C-suite, especially the CEO, actually listened to the talent she surrounded herself with, the company and its mission could have made it. All locations are now closing and they will exist online. They are blaming it on Covid. The financial problems existed long before the pandemic. The company spent money on multiple rebrands, multiple platforms, and multiple unnecessary changes. They gave nothing any time to work, so nothing worked. Bad business choices, lack of humanity, faux concern for change, lack of diversity, and terrible culture made this the worst place to work, when we all thought it was going to be the best.

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