So our Ford Chief People Officer, Kiersten announces our brand new salaried return to office plans Seriously sounds like the old salaried office plan with rebadging. Before pandemic— open office space with team areas for collaboration, team areas... — read more 

Busy week for poor quality at Ford. Continuing to delete the value in the Ford brand. Why would anyone buy a vehicle from us, the Recall Kings of the industry. Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2021 Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator models... — read more 

If I know for sure that people who are doing the same job as I am are being paid more?

Ford attempts to portray high minded "behaviors" yet they have actively worked to betray the very employees that have devoted their lives and careers to Ford. Blatant age discrimination is the reward for those that pulled the company through times... — read more 

MADE FORD STRONG? Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2015-2020 Ford Transit models due to an issue with the passenger side parking brake cable. The defect: in affected vehicles, an incorrect driveshaft torsional damper service kit may have been... — read more 

Anyone know how to contact the Ford employee lawyer vaccine groups?

The only way we are going to get this virus under some kind of control is if employers mandate it.

Dedicating this to everyone taking the latest package or those that have an escape plan they are implementing soon: https://archive.org/details/youtube-5FjWe31S_0g

The irony is that there are employees who have been working at Ford for years but never drove a Ford vehicle. I recently bought a new car and didn’t even consider buying a Ford. It's a matter of principle - I’m outraged at how this company treats... — read more 

Ford management does not care about your career, health, etc. They will use you and throw you away without thinking twice. Some managers will actually enjoy watching you suffer. They will pay you lip service about future moves, etc. Whatever it takes... — read more 

What customer doesn’t recognize that Ford is now stuck with +50k F-150’s that have been baking in the sun for months waiting on chips at MY change. Going to take more than this veiled effort to get these rusting parking lot queens sold. No... — read more 

Seems to be nothing but recalls and other fuckups...

Long story short: I've been working in my first role since my last FCG rotation for 2.5 years. I would like to build more IT skills so I can be more competitive on the market.

From the Detroit Free Press: Ford Motor Co. has kept both customer and employee records safe from leaking after cybersecurity researchers alerted the automaker that its internal system filled with sensitive proprietary information was not secure... — read more 

Another chapter to our humiliating performance and best effort to drive customers away. Why would anyone ever want to buy a Ford. Won’t put my family in one. Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2021 Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair models due to... — read more 

Code for rental car fleet. We whittled away our sedan offerings and Ford is desperately trying to maintain customers. As Ford Authority reported yesterday, the 2022 Ford Maverick is garnering interest from quite a few existing Blue Oval sedan... — read more 

"Generally speaking, if you want a job, you can find one. And you can probably find another one that pays a little bit more. A Gallup research showed people leave bosses, not companies. Money matters, but only to a certain degree. Perks matter, but... — read more 

But more important, does Jim Car Car win the race? From InsideEVs: Buyers of the Ford Mustang Mach-E will have to wait longer for their new cars as Ford is seriously affected by global semiconductor chip shortages. According to an email sent to... — read more 

Do we really expect customers to believe anything we say. Great way to torpedo a launch with double speak, pushbacks of delivery dates, replacing NEW tops, and some can have and some can't have the soft top (structural issue?). Note the "its all... — read more 

What is Ford doing to keep customers loyal? I don't think its been doing anything positive about it for a long time but its successfully doing the destruction of brand loyalty. I hope I’m not right, but that’s my impression after talking to people. — read more 

Close to the 1000 target?

It needs to be done. This is why unions exist - to stop abuse of employees. All this age discrimination and basic cutting benefits is outrageous. I left Ford in 2004 and did very well outside the company. It is very disturbing what I see on this page... — read more 

Or just be honest about the practiced company values, at least then people would respect you for being honest. Ford stated truths Play to Win Do the right thing Put people first One Ford Be curious Built Ford Tough Create Tomorrow Ford... — read more 

Ford continues its brazen age discrimination even while fighting getting caught with the SRD and court fight. Hiring managers are being told straight out by HR to not consider any applicant candidate over a certain age regardless of qualifications... — read more 

Anyone been able to de-code the ADEA document provided in the VSSP offers? Example - why is there a category for “SW Engineer - SG6 - VSSP - Eligible” and then another category of “IT Software Engineer - SG6 - VSSP - Eligible” ? Ages and counts... — read more 

Another class action lawsuit by former Ford employees, will not help profitability when they win damages. From the Detroit Free Press: In an attempt to slash costs and impress Wall Street, Ford Motor Co. targeted for elimination salaried workers... — read more 

Ford Motor Co. is offering buyouts to some salaried employees in the U.S. as part of a bid to eliminate about 1,000 positions as it looks to better align staffing with needed skills, the Dearborn automaker confirmed... — read more 

Ok, straight po-p. When does the merry go round stop? Empty dealer lots, sales down compared to the height of the pandemic. I don't even remember 08/09 being this bad, at least we had cash for clunkers, and you could find any vehicle you wanted... — read more 

They will wreck havoc in the form of deadly fires, lost American jobs, etc.

I received an offer that includes a generous bonus through the AICP. I’m curious what percent of target this typically pays out at as that impacts my valuation of the overall offer of compensation. My current company historically has always paid out... — read more 

Putting holdover leadership in the spotlight to change their perception instead of looking at poor performance and results. Promotion coming for HTT? Can’t make small cars profitably but now targeting a segment abandoned by everyone else that... — read more 

Talked to a few Ford employees who said they were getting legal counsel because Ford is looking into mandating vaccine. Wow!

My big question that I can’t seem to get answered is - what if I don’t take the VSSP but am walked out next year? I’m retirement eligible. Will I still get to apply for retirement benefits if I am let go without cause as part of a headcount target? — read more 

From Ford Authority. This will leave a painful mark. How can Ford be profitable with this cost and no revenue for 70k trucks? In recent months, a number of partially-built Ford F-150 and Ford Super Duty pickups have been stashed in locations... — read more 

Customers will buy Ram and Silverado off the lots instead of waiting MONTHS for a new F-150. Laughable novice and mortal strategy change. For many years now, most automakers have built a host of vehicles, shipped them to dealers, and sold them in... — read more 

If not for “other income” of $1.155 Billion, our profit would not be $561 Million, it would be a loss. In Q2, automotive operations lost $1.09 BILLION. Short term automotive interest payments are $926 Million (does not include Ford Credit). Short... — read more 

You can’t make this stuff up, listen to the Q2 earnings call, he was reading a script and couldn’t get it right. Sad.

We have Ford employees running their own businesses during office hours, while getting paid by Ford. This is not something that started with WFH, but I am sure there are more people doing it now. That gives you an idea of how much actual work is... — read more