Ford history… Form an office of the vice chairman Either the vice chairman appointed or the current CEO is shown the door… Examples: Lee Iacocca was leading Ford in 1978 when Phil Caldwell was appointed vice chair. Iacocca was fired soon after and... — read more 

that HR at Ford spies on employees. I'm wanting to ask old-timers how a young guy like me can survive at Ford more than for a couple of years. So, what does it take to survive at Ford and how do you know if your manager will stick up for you or not?... — read more 

current CEO who will soon be unemployed must be named Ford's new CEO. Just look at the attention Calhoun currently has brought to Boeing right now. Boeing's piece of junk space shuttle replacement called the Starliner was late to the show by two... — read more 

I declined mine. Anyone do one and what did you say? Do you get marked as no rehire if you decline the exit interview?

Corporate amnesia and fiduciary malpractice are at full sail. The American consumer has an absolute obsession with a cost-effective purchase decision. Just like they will starve themselves to exploit the endless shrimp offer at Red Lobster, they... — read more 

This guy changes his mind every day. Mustang Sedan? Aero cars? No wonder the company is so messed up. However, Farley has also somewhat softened his stance on sedans as of late, signaling that they may one day make a return to the U.S. Blue Oval... — read more 

Once Calhoun has his hands on Ford, not one single bolt will be required to be tightened or even torqued beyond finger tight in any vehicle Ford manufactures. Well, that's only going to be a rebirth 1973 yellow Pinto that Calhoun will authorize Ford... — read more 

Here is what Farley said about why Ford exited the sedan market “ “The reason is very simple – we lost billions on them, and we are not in a position to lose billions on vehicles anymore,” Farley told The Smoking Tire’s Matt Farah during a recent... — read more 

https://fordauthority.com/2024/06/ford-cfo-john-lawler-concerned-about-rising-inventory/ For years, new vehicle inventory levels hovered near or at record lows following the onset of the pandemic, but have recently shifted dramatically in the other... — read more 

Also a lot of customer service jobs were sent over there with other dept jobs which have made a total mess of customer service for customers, dealers and employees.

Anyone else recall Farley sending out the press release about Ford exceeding GM market capitalization in December 2021? Or the press release Farley sent out in January 2022 about Ford exceeding $100B market capitalization? Well, here we are over... — read more 

From my experience in different companies, I rarely had to work with as many colleagues with the title "technical specialists" as in Ford. Problem, the level of expertise, knowledge, experience is just miserable. With due respect to many technical... — read more 

“Ford recently marked down its electric Mustang Mach-E by 17 percent.” We were already losing money on every EV we sold, so now we are losing more. We need a lot less people in Model e to break even.

When will Ford Management start to talk to us? every Town Hall or Building Ford Blue all they do is read to us. I fell like I'm at story time at the local Library. If they had any confidence in what they are persisting they should be able to "Talk"... — read more 

You know its coming

What kind of a download is this? Could it be the big one? T bye bye file?

Most of talents are leaving Ford because they don't put up with incompetent SV, or they were simply kicked out. The behaviors of superiors and colleagues are often questionable, honesty, gratitude, collaboration, ... pushing many employees away... — read more 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/09/rto_quit_study/

Why are Ford vehicle design team cannot design any new products that looks attractive? The new redesigned Ford and Lincoln still looks as the old products from 6 years ago. Ford is loosing market share because of this and they have no idea how... — read more 

Yes, they are because Dave Calhoun, Boeing current CEO has thrown his in name in the hat to be named Fords new CEO in January when he officially leaves Boeing. You know Dave's reputation he cemented at Boeing is that he is an account bean-counter... — read more 

When you can't deliver a quality vehicle, you put a ton of time and energy into an old train station, to make people believe Ford is doing great things. Diversion is an ugly thing, and not healthy for a corporation.

Waste of money. It shows that Ford is glorifying the past and not innovating or moving forward to the future.

This week, Ford launched mass production of Explorer in Germany. The next day it, it was announced that the CEO FoE will leave FORD and head back to VW. Ford can't compete with EVs in Europe, everyone agrees, this was stated by the ex GM. Is Ford... — read more 

Here in Detroit, there's been much news about the $ 1 billion that Ford spent on repairs for the old train station. That money could have been used to fund at least 2 new vehicle programs. But the work done is beautiful and should help the city... — read more 

Is it because all the GM flunkies, you know Government Motors that have showed up at Ford over the years and are now in charge.

Ford may have poached him from Blue Bird. https://investors.blue-bird.com/company-information/officers-directors/

I have no doubt Ford will soon be doing the same. I know, I know, office space! Blah blah blah. I don't think they'll let their $1 billion investment in the Drain, I meant I Train Station sit empty. The RTO full-time is nigh.

We can’t make back up cameras that work and we expect customers to trust us with cost effective autonomous driving. LOL. Chief Executive Jim Farley said the automaker expects to start offering the so-called Level 3 autonomous driving technology by... — read more 

This is the car channel I subscribe, unlike other gimmick review, this is what an engineering review I am looking for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCNyhqIuRNw&ab_channel=speedkar99

Compared to 4-5 yrs ago (smart redesign), how many of engineers now have Ford Mexico, Brazil, China, India (GES) engineers on your team? How’s it working out? Is the percentage of North American team members greatly diminished, and do the remote... — read more 

https://youtu.be/tfC_-Ub9lRM?si=Z3SMGOQsHdyKG8Uc

https://youtube.com/shorts/6DPC_-VVebk?si=mn-mGANuX0N7ctJO

Many executives were given the sack, only after a short period (mainly D. Field team). There are equally relatively young persons being hired. Little that I see in town halls and department meetings, but are they fit for this period?

I am starting to miss the mindless troll post such as What does a LL6 (LL_) make, or I am contract and none of the blue stripers do anything or My LL6 does nothing all day.

There are a more than few areas that aren’t adding value. It’s good news that FordLabs is gone, nothing of value came out of that experiment. Ford Next and Canopy should be eliminated, they are dragging down profitability by $5 billion... — read more 

I heard FordLabs was shut down and all employees had till end of Summer to find a role internally. Is this verified?