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There was a rumor going around that they have an employee program where they can buy a vehicle and Rivian will pay them 1000 a month for 2 years where they will allow for the car to be monitored and provide feedback.

That was in one of the forums, did not search for it but that was how I remembered it.
This is true, my friend interviewed with rivian and was told of this as a bonus of employment...pretty sweet perk.

I'm also cool with these going to early employees. They helped build this company from the ground up. Without their hardwork we would never get our trucks.
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Seems clear they are early employees who, because they took delivery, are now also the earliest deliveries. Don’t think we need to parse this legalistically, and it’s explain why we haven’t seen forum posts from anyone with a September delivery date.
Remember this, not EVERYONE that ordered a Rivian, is a member of any of these forums. We dont have clue one who has or hasn't received their vehicles.
 

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Remember this, not EVERYONE that ordered a Rivian, is a member of any of these forums. We dont have clue one who has or hasn't received their vehicles.
of course this is true. But if early deliveries are predominantly to insiders, it makes it far less likely people will post about the arrangements.
 

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I think I'll be the most excited when a delivery happens to someone who isn't an employee, former-employee, friend of a former employee, and is willing to post a ton of videos about the truck.
 

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I’m fine with employees getting early deliveries, but I don’t consider these to be production deliveries. When RJ confirmed deliveries would begin in September I interpreted that to mean to actual paying customers without employment/funding links to Rivian.
 

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Seems clear they are early employees who, because they took delivery, are now also the earliest deliveries. Don’t think we need to parse this legalistically, and it’s explain why we haven’t seen forum posts from anyone with a September delivery date.
That post is the next big milestone!
 

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Would much rather the employees get the first builds that probably have some quality issues as they ramp up/perfect processes. Can you imagine all the YouTube videos of stuff falling off/breaking if it went to actual customers?
 

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And they went to employees. I want to say surprised, but not really. I expected Bezos to be #1 next week.

Not sure I would place any weight in their comments.
Reading the Twitter comments, it appears to me that Rivian is claiming these were not the official first deliveries and that some trucks are out there.
Rivian R1T R1S RJ: Some Early Rivian Deliveries Go To Earliest Company Employees! A0013645-17B0-433F-8890-4093C74AF3FD
 

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"A special night with some of Rivian's earliest employees and now earliest deliveries! Some of these families have been helping build our company for over 11 years. Thanks for all the hard work and dedication." @RJScaringe

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Wow, it is a nice thing to see
 

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Great news to hear that deliveries are kicking off. Ready to hear stories of delivery from people on the board here.
 

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And they went to employees. I want to say surprised, but not really. I expected Bezos to be #1 next week.

Not sure I would place any weight in their comments.
I believe that is the way it should be!
Without them we don't have a Truck!
RJ is a great man
 

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I’m fine with employees getting early deliveries, but I don’t consider these to be production deliveries. When RJ confirmed deliveries would begin in September I interpreted that to mean to actual paying customers without employment/funding links to Rivian.
Where did you see that these employees were not paying for them? The package described elsewhere (at least for later employees), included a monthly allowance towards the purchase of one.

IMO, even if they are part of their compensation package for sticking it out for so long, they have indeed paid for them. Think of them as very, very early preorder holders.
I also wouldn't begrudge them their stock options
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