Expect 2,200 to 2,400 heads, remember Ford has quietly terminated around 1,400 people over the last eight months. That will get Farley close to his goal of 4,000. Then they will wait to see how many GRP employees retire before year end to take the... — read more
What is the future for Ford Purchase Service and Agency Employees
Ford has thousands of agency employees and purchase service employees, what is going to happen to them during the next few weeks?
Starkman: Ford’s Farley Plays Biden And Whitmer For Chumps
From Deadline Detroit: Supposedly as one ages one’s memory goes south, so I’m delighted the old noggin is still functioning a lot better than the legion of faulty Ford vehicles endangering U.S. and Canadian roads. Reading this Bloomberg exclusive... — read more
Stop stressing and worrying
You'll achieve nothing by focusing on the coming layoffs 24/7. Think of it as a positive thing. You were warned in advance and now you have a chance to prepare properly in case your name ends up on that list. I'd gladly and gratefully take that over... — read more
I heard that 8000 job cuts were coming.
Is this true? I heard it was all in IT??
Regarding these layoffs… (per W. Wonka)
There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing Is it raining, is it snowing Is a hurricane a-blowing Not a speck of light is showing So the danger must be... — read more
Ford Needs to Switch to EV’s
Plenty of Fortune 500 and large companies have gone out of business because they failed to make the changes necessary before going obsolete. Kodak, Polaroid, Sears, etc. - just to name a few. This is tough for the people being laid off, but it needs... — read more
Cutting 8K jobs
If I survive these cuts, I will try to get out of here as soon as possible. How do we call the plan to cut 8,000 jobs: repositioning for the recession or pure greed? For me it's pure greed.
Wall Street Journal: "But when government steers investment, consumers and workers invariably bear the cost."
Great article! https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-false-green-jobs-promise-ford-electric-vehicles-jim-farley-layoffs-11658429350
Ford EV Purchasing Strategy revealed.
From Ford Authority. New EV suppliers identified. Note Ford offers non-binding memo’s of understanding to launch large capital investments by supply base. What about ICE platform suppliers who will never see the volumes “projected” when bid to... — read more
How do you get 8000 volunteers ?
It would be interesting to see the demographics of the 31000 employees.. 2 groups.... GRP (General Retirement Plan - 30 yrs) and FRP (Ford Retirement Plan -401K Based no Everybody hired after Jan1 2004 is FRP and there is no 30 yr milestone.. ... — read more
8k Reduction
With all of the ICE problems over the past 10-years, its no surprise, many did not show-up for work today.
The best advice
You can't control whether they will keep you or not. Pity parties should only last for an hour or two. Fretting for days, weeks etc doesn't accomplish anything productive. Assume you will be let go and take action NOW. It really is as simple as... — read more
Assessment on CEO
From autoextremist.com reader mail “ I'm inside and I can see the problem as large as life. It's the culture. The person above you on the org chart is infallible; the one above them is a god. You never question a decision made above your position... — read more
More than 3 years to figure out new EV programs?
Some of WFH PDC people are working on nothing for past 3 years. Have anyone wondered what are next gen programs in pipeline?
Ford hires ex-Tesla exec Annie Liu to find EV supplies
Free press article today. See, Ford is hiring! Cutting some, but still hiring.
Where to connect with Farley this evening:
Farley is scheduled to be honored as the 2022 industry leader at the Automotive Hall of Fame dinner in Detroit Thursday. Go picket at the dinner, like they do over SCOTUS rulings. The 2022 Induction & Awards Ceremony will be held July 21, 6 –... — read more
Ford gets $100M from State of Michigan +6000 new jobs across several states..
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/23/michigan-senate-incentive-ford/7705065001/ Michigan Senate approves $100 million incentive for Ford, clearing last legislative hurdle Dave Boucher Detroit Free Press A more than $100 million... — read more
Ford Employees
I was a Ford employee over 10 years ago. It was a nice and comfortable job and I left when I wanted to work for a company that did something instead of being an employee who was in line for a pension plan. From what I have heard, Ford hasn't changed... — read more
Step Into My Office… Why? Because You are Fired (Not Laid Off)!
Let’s be clear here, people. These are firings not layoffs.
What's worse?
What is worse, loosing your job or being left behind to make up for the knowledge that leaves? Leadership has no plan for meeting those gaps and will hold us accountable when we can't fill the gap.
I'm not leaving on my own
I'm thinking their goal with leaking this info ahead of the actual layoffs is to push people to start finding ways to leave before it even happens because they're worried they'll be affected. I'm not doing that. Why save them money? I'm perfectly... — read more
WSJ is stating 4K not 8K
For what it's worth.. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-plans-to-cut-several-thousand-salaried-jobs-sources-say-11658356221 Ford Motor Co. is planning to cut several thousand white-collar workers as it looks to trim costs to position the company... — read more
When will salary workers unionize
Multiple cuts this year for salary. Downsizing and reorgs for the 4th or 5th year in a row. This is not affecting the UAW. Perhaps it's time we finally join them and stop being bullied from upper management.
Ford Blue vs Model E
Now that we have been made aware that we on the Blue team are only here to finance the lives of luxury and zero accountability for those on the Model E team, I will no longer do anything to assist Model E. I sold all my stock, have enough savings and... — read more
JF Video Message
I feel better now. Carry on.
Remember, People this article stated "UP TO" 8000 ... sheesh
UP TO 8000... UP TO. Retailers use the same language when advertising sales, merchandise marked down UP TO 75% OFF!!! Yeah, they have two items marked down to 75% and everything else is 5 -10%. There can be anywhere from 1 to 8000 cuts. Still... — read more
People here are Legit!
Can not believe how legit this site turned out to be. Everybody kept talking about layoffs recently at Ford to be coning out soon and lot of people were laughing at them.
I've already started stressing
I'm already having trouble sleeping and the news is still fresh. I have no idea how I'm going to go through the following days or weeks (or even months), depending on how long they plan to drag this out. I appreciate the person who blew the whistle... — read more
Use Active Thread View
Use the "Active" thread view to see which threads had recent updates. THere is a big blue "ACTIVE" button somewhere in the middle of the screen. It leads to this: https://www.thelayoff.com/ford-motor?sort=active
2 week notice
If leaving Ford for a competitor, should you give Ford a 2 week notice? Doesn't Ford ask you to leave right away if working for a competitor, in that case when is the best time to tell Ford so you still get paid until you start your new job??
Ford plans to lay off 8000 Blue employees in the news?
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a40669316/ford-layoffs-to-fund-evs/
Bonus for 2022
If I leave Ford now during the middle of the year, will I still get a prorated bonus for the year 2022?
Any Successful Lawsuits against involuntary separation in the past?
I heard in past company involuntary separation programs, there were lawsuits that won against the company. If anyone know of real cases, please share. This may help preparing in case, a lawsuit is the way to go, instead of signing the waver. Thanks
As a new Ford employee, what do I do?
I just graduated from MSU and joined Ford as an IT FCG. I had to wait 2 months to start and relocated from Grand Rapids to Dearborn. They just had another cohort of new college grads join this week. Why would they continue to hire us if they knew... — read more
Staff India, cut NA, rinse, repeat
Its Methodical how counterparts in lower paying countries are trained and staffed up only to lead to cuts in NA. This is what, the third churn on that recipe. All that will exist is the studio, brand, marketing and finance before long.
Lump sum pension
Heard there is a change coming 1/1/23 on lump sum pension payments. Does anyone know the details?