The company obviously does not intend to improve quality, considering they decided to cut so many salaried employees. Or am I wrong?

Happy weekend guys!!

Checked on life@ford to confirm the severance details for involuntary separations. Today there's no sign of the policy. You know, SIRP - the one that says 9 months severance pay for 20+ years of service. Curious if anyone else is able to find it.

Enjoy the weekend... May your tank be full and your EV fully charged. Jim will not disappoint... One thing about the rumor mill at Ford... it is usually true..

Young attacking the old for not retiring, old attacking the young for being entitled, those who want to leave attacking the rest for not looking for a way out and saying it's their own fault if they're laid off... Every single one of us is in this... — read more 

Otherwise, people are going to stay a few more years.

Neither you upskill nor contribute to the bottom line.

From https://www.motor1.com/news/146352/reasons-mark-fields-left-ford/ "You won't hear us talking, at least a lot, about emerging vs. core," Bill Ford said. "This is one Ford Motor Co. We don't want one group to feel like they're the cool group and... — read more 

Hunger games or Quarter games?

"Farley has said he intends to fund that EV expansion by transforming Ford Blue into “the profit and cash engine for the entire enterprise.”" “We absolutely have too many people in some places, no doubt about it,” Farley said in response to a... — read more 

https://www.thestreet.com/markets/ford-stock-surges-on-crushing-q2-profit-forecast-lifting-dividend

Does that include the great leaders LL4 and above?

I am referring to the thread in which someone asked if it makes sense to ask the manager how safe our position is. My opinion is - don't do that! I speak from experience, I know a person who once went through agony because the manager assured her... — read more 

I was there in the best of times. Wow. What a difference. We made so much money and everyone had a job. Did not have enough seats Dearborn. Had to rent facilities all around! I’m so sorry younger folks could not see the company at its best. — read more 

As you know you have to 4 hours of interview with all the tech departments involving your work.

I guess I’ll be as transparent about my next career steps as Ford is about the layoff timing.

...looks like a deer in the headlights.

We are hearing there are 1:1 meetings to discuss "your future." But you need to sign non-disclosure that you won't discuss anything about the meeting. So, when I sign this non-disclosure and you say, "your job may go away. No package for you"... — read more 

Given the combination of involuntaries and the inevitable increase in interest rates for lump sum pension, an involuntary in 2023 is one of the worst case scenarios. It looks like retiring in 2022 and taking the lump sum pension is the most prudent... — read more 

Adam Jonas - Morgan Stanley - "Does Ford have too many people?" Jim Farley- "As I said in my comments, Adam, we absolutely have too many people in certain places, no doubt about it. And we have skills that don't work anymore. We -- and we have... — read more 

I see some of you have opted to do this and I was considering the same thing, but how reliable of an answer can he give me if it's not clear yet what's going on? He might think I'm safe but if the decision is being made above his head, can he know... — read more 

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/07/26/connecticut-transit-replaces-electric-bus-fleet-with-diesels-following-massive-battery-fire/ Buy an electric vehicle cause the fire is smaller. Silly rabit.

Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley says his company has too many people, but he won’t say how many he plans to get rid of. On a call with analysts to discuss Ford’s strong second-quarter earnings, Farley made it clear Wednesday that... — read more 

We still don't know anything for sure. Yes, there'll be cuts at some point and it will not be insignificant. But most people are still just guessing when and even how many. If you continue to worry about this 24/7 and nothing happens for weeks or... — read more 

Ford has the earnings report at 5pm today. I follow the Ford Stock investor message boards; strange thing is there is no mention of pending layoffs. Usually, layoffs are important piece of information in the Due Diligence before buying stock... — read more 

Ford expects us to work and be motivated as if cuts were not a concern at all. And what do we expect from Ford? Don't we deserve at least a little more transparency regarding cuts? Or perhaps that is the goal, to keep us in total uncertainty... — read more 

so the cuts that were supposed to happen today were all rumors, right? Thanks for keeping us all up at night. People posting here are just pot-stirrers. No one on here knows anything. I want to hear from management on this page. When are these... — read more 

I can't help but wonder what these cuts' purpose even is. Simple mathematics: 8K people Average 150K in salary/benefits per year (it's an arbitrary number, but a pretty decent approximation if you know Ford's salary bands - they're available... — read more 

https://www.wxyz.com/news/why-we-have-so-many-recalls-ford-drivers-frustrated-by-the-companys-constant-recalls-in-2022 Well, let’s have it…

I was one of the almost 600 that were let go in April. I got the call from my CAD manager who had never talked to me in the many years that I was with the CAD group. A manager who had no idea who I was or what I did. These are the people that need to... — read more 

Haven’t heard anything for today. No cuts! We can breath now. On to the next speculate date of October. Good luck ya’ll

Con-artists dupe fools - https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/27/ford-motor-job-cuts-layoffs-incentive/10143183002/?gnt-cfr=1

My perspective, it started when Mark Fields was forced out. The current leadership at the top is fumbling badly.

And the UAW wants a cost of living adjustment in their hourly workers contract. Ford just made a bunch of temp workers full timers. Got to keep the UAW thieves happy and cut salaried people

For as many people I know who are worried about the coming cuts I know those who are excited about it. There is a whole bunch of people who can't wait to get out and if given a chance to volunteer they will. And if enough people volunteer, there'll... — read more 

Layoffs won’t be tomorrow. all you people are posting nonsense. It will be October. Stop this!