How's Ford and other auto manufacturers doing on magnets used by automobiles? Trump pledge of quick China magnet flows has yet to materialize https://www.mining.com/web/trump-pledge-of-quick-china-magnet-flows-has-yet-to-materialize/

https://www.the-sun.com/motors/14514440/ford-exec-ki-ls-classic-car-feature/ "Ford's Vice Chair John Lawler recently declared that consumer interest in traditional combustion engines is waning." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Lawler is a mo--n.

Ford reduced over 200 salary employees during the past 4 weeks. However, purchase service employees and agency employees had no reduction. PS and agency employees are not showing up in the overall head counts, so they are not affected. Ford paid... — read more 

If you're not buying off the top 5 or top 10 from this list, then you lose the right to complain about future American auto worker jobs being moved overseas. 2025 list was just updated. These are objectively the most America first automobiles you... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/02/ford-plans-to-produce-2-million-evs-generate-10percent-operating-profit-by-2026.html Was he dreaming? Ford can't even sell 100,000 EV per year by 2030.

The offer letter I have (from years ago) does not mention anything about notice or "at-will" employment. I cant even remember if I signed any such "notice" related document when I joined about 8-9 years ago. Anyone left ford recently and had to... — read more 

Are there medical leaves/ FMLA/ etc i could take? Is there any sabbaticals?

Mustang Mach-E: The only Ford EV model with increased sales, up 11% year-over-year. F-150 Lightning: Sales plummeted by 42% in May, with only 1,902 units sold. E-Transit: Sales experienced a dramatic 97% drop, with just 97 units sold. Year-to-Date... — read more 

The Ford Motor Company has identified an issue affecting certain Escape, Bronco Sport, replacement 1.5-liter EcoBoost RFF cylinder heads, and replacement 1.5-liter EcoBoost RFF long blocks. According to the Dearborn-based automaker, suspect heads may... — read more 

The SS Ford is listing. It is ugly. I have a lot of respect for the Ford Family and how long they have been around - seriously I think they have Henry in cryogen somewhere - but we need some change - Chris, I mean Jim Farley, and bunny slippers and... — read more 

Comparing to other companies, Ford has 75% os the workforce are over 50 years old. Tesla has 90% of the workforce under 30 years old. This is why Ford is very inefficient and unproductive, not innovative.

I'm hearing Ford will be removing LL5's LL6's??? BS?

Yep, Ford has been selling Americans out for a long time followed by hiring H1B's. Not an American who hides behind USMCA.

Anybody remember any of these (forgettable) names on which $ Billions were spent with zero return on the investments? 2025 Land for Blue Oval Battery Park (already delayed and downsized) 2024 Canopy Security LLC (failed PRIOR to acquisition) .. — read more 

Freep article. 20 years ago we were teaching Chinese the art of making cars. Everything had to be done with a JV. They learned everything they needed and now they are thriving globally. Why can’t the article point out this simple fact?

They’ll cut you without a second thought if it helps the quarterly report. The younger folks get it, they make sure they leave before the axe falls. Can’t say I blame them. I wish I’d learned that sooner.

Twice in the past 2 weeks my Director has asked a handful of us to confirm HR related info. Things like experience outside of Ford, areas worked within Ford and educational degrees. Director says it has something to do with high potential skills... — read more 

So now Ford wants to buy ICE powertrain from other OEM’s. While GM is investing a billion in v8 and I4 upgrades. Pop the hood and hello “power by GM”... — read more 

Batch of May 13, if you signed the severence package, how long ford takes to give out the lumpsum. Did any of you already got it disbursed?

Hi everyone, I am curious, did anybody get a CTP package that says you are rehirable? does anybody know for sure why they do this?

Totally checked out and have a difficult time caring every day. Mediocrity everywhere here, no career growth and not one person i respect or look up to career wise. Everyday is a drag, and no culture or push towards growth. People are sad zombies... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-offers-buyouts-staff-latest-120627655.html

4 days in the office coming soon. Excited to come into the office and sit on Teams meetings all day! JF can’t fix quality so he’s going to take a shot at fixing the amazing culture Ford has. Smh…

Does anyone know if Ford will be halting some manufacturing lines due to magnet shortage?

Ford is overstaffed by 20% - that would mean mass layoffs are coming- it’s just a matter of when.

Keep hearing they are closing the building by the end of 2025

The results for the Voice Survey were supposed to be released last Thursday. By mid-day Thursday, we heard that they are delayed to sometime this week. I'm guessing they were pretty bad, and they need more time to spin the results into something... — read more 

You're a cost center, not a person here. Ford leadership would replace us all with robots tomorrow if they could. I'm not saying quit today - we all need paychecks and we all know the state of the job market - but never confuse this for anything but... — read more 

they got cut friday, june 6th. i know at least one personally. this is terrible on people's lives

I have been talking to my friends and family and seeing what new cars they have bought recently. Unfortunately, none have bought any new cars from the Big 3. Everyone that I know have bought: Honda, Toyota, Tesla, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan. Main... — read more 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ford-recall-could-force-over-165120154.html Ford is King of Recalls.

RUMOR?

The company is finished. They laid off all productive workers who delivered and kept it going. Many good engineers already left themselves. Now the sh-=it chatbots with left who do not contribute to anything and got promoted to LL5 and LL4 working on... — read more 

Hard to watch what has happened to Ford. I saw what good looks like and this isn’t it. Sorry to say but Ford is not on buy list. Never will be again. They have destroyed an American icon. I fully agree, it's truly disheartening to witness... — read more 

Can we talk about something other than FN74 cancelled, the train station, big layoffs tomorrow, 2008 CEO? I’m tired of the same rehashed topics.

Supposedly was discussed at OCM level last week. Will "be monitored by HR." One missed swipe gets a scolding, two missed "could lead to dismissal." Were told not to cascade his info yet. Any way to confirm this rumor?

It will happen to you some day. You spend years in school and night school taking classes and getting advanced degrees, years in an industry giving it everything. Then the whole industry has no use for you. Just because you’re approaching 60 years... — read more 

Everyone is beyond checked out and half asleep during the day. Im pretty sure most people do maybe 5 hours of work a week I dont even bother showing up to the meetings and seeing the karens yap for 30 minutes while pretending to do any actual... — read more