A competitor, CarMate USA got the innovation award for their in vehicle camera. Ring CarCam got press mentions about their product and $6 monthly subscription. Ford Canopy got zilch. When do FLV and CM get their PEPs? CES 2023 INNOVATION AWARD... — read more 

Among those who encourage leaving Ford and those who say that anywhere is better than here, there seem to be very few who are actually trying to save their jobs. Despite everything, I still like this company and what interests me the most is how to... — read more 

Detroit – The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints that windshield trim panels can fly off of Ford Explorers while they're traveling at highway speeds. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has 164... — read more 

Hopefully AICP is good.

Need it bad, deliver it bad. Ford Authority: Production of the sixth-generation Ford Bronco has been mired with issues from the very beginning, as the rugged off-road SUV launched during the height of the pandemic, leading to production and... — read more 

Ouch! U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday they have opened a safety probe into more than 1.8 million Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles over reports windshield trim panels can detach while driving at highway speeds. The National Highway... — read more 

Didn't JF say he wasn't going to reduce the price of EVs? https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-cuts-prices-of-ev-mustang-mach-e-11675090387?mod=hp_lead_pos2

Were their services worth your time?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-ceo-says-automaker-needs-100500378.html This guy is a broken record. So dull and uninspiring. The way Phony Wall Howard gushes over this air head is a joke.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/fords-$2.7-billion-speed-bump-could-actually-be-good-news.

LL6-GSR: 45% LL5+: 125%

Ford’s recall numbers make other manufacturers recalls look like chump change. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2023/01/30/ford-hyundai-bmw-kia-subaru-recall/11146063002/

IMHO, our biggest problem is a lack of ownership of failures. Without accountability we are doomed to fail again and again. Farley claimed he would fix the warranty issues. He has been here since 2007 and the problem use worse, not better. He has... — read more 

This site has nothing good, but negative posts from everyone.

The WARN Act requires an employer to notify employees, in writing, 60 days before a layoff, and pay the employee for those 60 days, in addition to any severance the employee may be entitled to. Unfortunately, some employers attempt to circumvent the... — read more 

Unlike our ostrich executive team (head in the sand), the buying public is acutely aware of our issues and recalls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlOe5obtwcw

Everyone is really quiet management having a lot of meetings in our Ford Credit department. Have you heard of any layoffs for vehicle liquidations, customer service, collections or wholesale depts.? I have heard of new hires for collections and... — read more 

I really want to leave Ford and have over 10+ years of service. Is there a way to get a severance? Low performance? Refuse going in office? Complain about AICP and merit increase? Or should I just quit and not look back?

Ford Authority: Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2023 Ford Bronco Sport models over an ABS module leak issue. The defect: in affected vehicles, valves inside the anti-lock brake system module may have been damaged during manufacturing... — read more 

Another proud moment for Ford. How's the Quality Czar doing? Total impact almost 700.000 vehicles with previous vehicles needing another fix. (Reuters News source) Ford Motor Co (F.N) said Friday it is recalling 462,000 vehicles worldwide... — read more 

Of course it is! They are hiring like a drunken sailor in Brazil and Mexico. While axing everyone in Dearborn. So congrats Ford of Brazil! I don't think there will be a similar award in North America.

What are you all looking for from Ford today? Assurance you have job security? Not going to happen. Assurance your bonus will be great? Not going to happen. Assurance your performance will be acknowledged? Not going to happen (at least in a... — read more 

I used to be proud to work here surrounded by some of the biggest experts in their field. Nowadays, the lack of professionalism and competence is a real problem here. For those who remember better days, could you have ever guessed that this would... — read more 

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/driving-100-miles-ev-now-000000887.html

It's just a mess at Ford. Farley eliminates thousands of people, most were directly involved in the dev and engineering of vehicles and gets upset when no one gives him positive feedback at our Townhalls. We are told we're once again transforming to... — read more 

Why are there 2 GTH just 2 weeks apart? We just had one on 1/23, why do we need to waste more time with another one already on 2/9? Are they going to announce US job cuts at that one?

Ford Authority. Taxpayers pay the price to support Ford EV’s. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) has introduced a newly revised tax credit for electrified vehicles that offers buyers up to $7,500 back, depending on the type of vehicle they... — read more 

How do you deal with having a boss who has no programming language skills? I checked my LinkedIn feed and I see this rather young female who was made supervisor over a group which codes. No code development skills what so ever. Does it just make your... — read more 

Over the year hr said new pr system was quarterly goals and checking, no top achiever. Now I hear there is forced ranking and 80% comp if you deliver 100% of goals and need to delivery stretch to get 100% or more. Hr also said celebrate achievement... — read more 

If you are part of the “data and subscription” team, get your resume updated… From Bloomberg: At Twitter, the diversity, equity and inclusion team is down to just two people from 30, one former employee said. A DEI worker who was let go from a... — read more 

Automotive News shares that Ford is talking with 15 automakers (including China’s BYD) looking to sell Saarlouis. Goodbye Focus and Ford employees. The Farley prophecies are coming!

It is true that they often avoid giving answers to the questions that actually interest employees the most. I think it would be interesting to have a thread with all such questions and concerns for which we still do not have clear answers from the... — read more 

When I hired into Ford many years ago it was one of the happies, proudest days of my engineering career. A.M. knew what he was doing and motivated everyone to work a little harder and smarter to deliver great cars and trucks. Then came the pathetic... — read more 

There are so many people I know who don't work here and who don't feel dread when going to work and I'm not one of them. I hate my job. I don't know if it's Ford and its toxic culture or if maybe I'm just not a good fit, but I just hate what I do to... — read more 

Welcome to the real world. An engineer laid off after over 16 years at Google says 'faceless' tech giants see staff as '100% disposable' https://finance.yahoo.com/news/engineer-laid-off-over-16-104711925.html

How much longer will they remain in operation?

What does this mean? Reduce testing? Thats not happening, we already did that. Notice all the recalls, thats the evidence. Reduce CAD/CAE? Acutally, this is what supposedly gets increased when testing is decreased. And its not resulting in... — read more 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/23/layoffs-2023-recession-software-programs/11086842002/