How has Ford Purchasing avoided any responsibility for Ken product availability (chips) and the diminished quality for buying inferior product from around the world. Anyone else believe that Ford Purchasing is a protected class of management with... — read more
Does Ford Land have the same problems as Ford Motor and Ford Credit?
Please elaborate
Well, the Bronco isn’t going to save Ford…
From the Detroit Free Press, where usually anything printed about Ford comes straight from a Ford press release: Fighting production challenges and consumer demand, Ford Motor Co. no longer is accepting online customer reservations for its all-new... — read more
BREAKING: Transloc (part of Ford Smart Mobility) being sued by former CEO. Cover up
Former CEO of transloc is suing the company and Ford. Employees were paying baby sitters on their company payroll. Lots of fraud. Time to investigate TransLoc and Ford?... — read more
Truth Hurts: CR says AVOI.D Explorer and Escape
Quality and reliability counts today with paying customers who don't drive company cars. High bar of reliability with new domestic vehicles. The migration away from Ford continues... From Ford Authority: In recent months, Consumer Reports has... — read more
BCG/Bain not only changed our company structure it changed our company values
Management consulting firms have systematically destroyed one company after another. Ours is just the latest. BCG has not only changed our company’s strategy they also changed our company’s values. Restructuring and becoming Fit and Lean has... — read more
Train station money pit
Has anyone else noticed that the train station does not appear to be anywhere near ready to open in 2022? I was in the area the other day, took the route to go around the entire building. It is not close. On top of that, whenever it is done, we... — read more
Chip shortage
What do you think the future will look like for Ford when we take into consideration the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage? Not so exciting times are coming?
Return to office plan
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
Recall of the Week (v 2.0)
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
Is it safe to ask for a raise?
If I know for sure that people who are doing the same job as I am are being paid more?
Employee Loyalty and Ford Betrayal
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
Recall of the week
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?
Anyone know how to contact the Ford employee lawyer vaccine groups?
Ford should require the vaccine now that it's FDA approved.
The only way we are going to get this virus under some kind of control is if employers mandate it.
Dedication....
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
You work at Ford, but you don't drive a Ford?
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
Do they actually enjoy watching employees suffer?
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
Hot Rot 2021 F-150’s on sale!
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
When's the last time we got some good news regarding Ford?
Seems to be nothing but recalls and other fuckups...
How easy is it for a young employee to make a lateral move?
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.
But customers will pay us to collect, store and sell their data….
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
Our weekly recall: 2021 Escape and Corsair
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
Puff Piece: Maverick will be popular with fleet and commercial
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
The Great Resignation (An extract from the article)
"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
Our savior, the Mach-E is delayed….
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
King of Confusion: FoMoCo
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
Brand loyalty
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
Anyone taking the offer?
Close to the 1000 target?
How Come No Current Salaried Employees Have Tried to Unionize?
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
Yo Billy, you need to close the gap between the stated Ford Truths/Values and the Practiced Truths/Values
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
Brazen Age Discrimination Continues With Internal Jobs Online Position Postings
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
ADEA Group Info - VSSP
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
The "SRD" layoffs in 2019 proven to have been discriminatory....
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 launches buyouts in bid to cut 1,000 salaried jobs in U.S.
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
So when do the chickens come home to roost?
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
EVs are an invasive, similar to feral swine.
They will wreck havoc in the form of deadly fires, lost American jobs, etc.