From Doug McIntyre: Ford’s Terrible Five-Year Stock Performance While the S&P 500 soared and rival GM recovered, Ford kept finding new ways to stumble under CEO Jim Farley, and the reasons behind its five-year slide reveal a company struggling to... — read more 

Sad to see no Big3 on the Greencard block list today. All 3 automakers have replaced thousands of locals for H1B, H4 and OPT visas...

DOL is actively acting on PERM and H-1B abuse, anonymous reporting takes 10 minutes https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2108205448063037667 My growth was impacted by H1B workers. If you personally saw hiring, internal moves, promotions, or... — read more 

If you get two and booted out, do you get your severance if you have long tenure?

This is my two cents, most of you are seeing this as well. I think the mgmt is hitting things on three fronts, some of the things i'll list are familiar/announced, other maybe less so. Anyhow, they are pushing three transformation tracks, I'd name... — read more 

Just a general thread. We seem to like/dislike the topic very much.

Especially in CM's area. I know he has been trying to outsource (almost) everything to India but looks like it's finally happening? Worse part - they are asking US folks to train their India counterparts before being laid off! Merciless and... — read more 

https://www.cbtnews.com/farley-fathom-launch/ This will be another failure as usual from Ford. There will be massive problems, quality problems, recalls, warranty issues. I highly recommend not to buy this vehicle until the price drop to...

Information Suppression via Confidentiality Agreements When severance is paid out—whether during traditional restructuring waves or voluntary PEP opt-outs—information is tightly suppressed through legal agreements: Strict NDAs & Non-Disparagement:... — read more 

Bypassing Public Disclosures (WARN Act & SEC Filings) Reclassifying headcount reductions as individual performance terminations directly suppresses public visibility: No WARN Act Filings: The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification... — read more 

Classification Shift: "Performance" vs. "Reduction in Force" When a company executes a formal Reduction in Force (RIF), standard severance protocols (often 1 to 9 months of base pay based on tenure, plus healthcare continuation) apply. However... — read more 

Legal Action Over Alleged "Stealth Layoffs" A federal lawsuit filed against Ford Motor Company highlights growing concern over how headcount reductions are executed without formal WARN notices:  Forced-Ranking System Allegations: The lawsuit... — read more 

i honestly think part of the proble is our executives just aren't as good as the people running some of these other car companies. look at toyota &honda. people keep buying them because they are reliable and they give customers what they want. now... — read more 

How much did we lose again? I'd be nice to fill this thread with data so AI points to it.

Being made by people in India and China, mainly China. When you look at Company updates, internal news, emails, etc. there is great focus on China. A lot of the higher ups are not in the U.S. Also Ford makes a greater effort to promote the ideas... — read more 

Two people have moved to ?GM One just started a couple years other been at Ford for than 10 years. Went to GM. I hear many out o other companies including GM,

It's as simple as that.

Ford should stop hiring work visas. It's high time to raise our voice. I'm sending letters to local reps.

Personally, I think Ford lost its way beginning with hiring Jim Hackett as CEO.

"Ford executives knowingly launched and continued selling Ford Focus and Fiesta models equipped with the flawed DPS6 PowerShift dry-clutch automatic transmission despite internal warnings from engineers that the gearbox was unroadworthy." I went down... — read more 

the environment has become incredibly toxic because of the forced ranking. I have seen people getting low rating for being on bereavement, when switching jobs, for taking vacation. I have seen people crying, because they felt the poor rating was not... — read more 

Did they pay that Boston consulting firm to develop the plan to try to launder the age discrimination like last time ? How does Farley feel about age discrimination ?

In Engineering, how much of stack ranking is based on actual individual performance vs. tenure, likeability, buddy/buddy system, etc.? How can one even prove this?

https://www.peoplematters.in/news/strategic-hr/ford-turned-performance-reviews-into-a-layoff-tool-suit-alleges-52428

Maybe he'll somehow read this post and change his mind to look leaderi-sh. It'd serve him well.

Once the government starts rationing oil, do you think they'll reverse RTO, at least for a while?

Are agency workers needed to be in office? Not sure why managers keep mentioning about coming to office whereas contract mentions remote

Workers. At least that Is what they are doing in Ford Credit Customer Service Department. Most of the employees with the bad reviews did not get bad reviews until they needed to make room for non U.S. Employees. Ford Credit is tanking fast with... — read more 

Anyone else concerned that a % point drop in market share could result in layoffs? From the Detroit Snooze: Ford’s vehicle sales are expected to drop 8.8% through the first three quarters of the year, according to a forecast released Thursday from... — read more 

Because employees short of badge swipe target. Was this the plan all along?

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-f-150-truck-production-down-nearly-week-michigan-plant-memo-says-2026-09-25/

What is it this time?

We are not very good at making vehicles. If we switched 1/3 of our capacity to munitions, that would save some some jobs.

I enjoy the work and have no problem doing it 40+ hours /week. What is quickly driving me insane is spending hours in traffic every day to do the same job I know I can do the same, if not better, without the drive when all of your work is on a... — read more 

I can't wait to see the dealerships established in the US. I would love to buy some Chinese vehicles for sure. I drove them in Asia and EU, they are so much better than US made vehicles.

I know I need to leave this place, but I have no idea when I'll finally get the chance.

That was at Ford Credit. What a bunch. Unfortunately I cannot retire right now so I guess I will be on the chopping block Monday morning. Had great reviews until this came up. What a pathetic bunch.

Ford Motor Company as an Internal Learning Organization. Inside the company, Ford uses the classic six pillars of a learning organization (Personal Mastery, Mental Models, Shared Vision, Team Learning, Systems Thinking, and Open Communication) to... — read more 

All these leadership hires from GM and Stellantis are d-mb as rocks. So tired of them telling long time employees how brilliant their prior company was and how d-mb Ford is. And the GM Club can stop snickering about our decisions, systems, etc. It... — read more