With Cannis gone from Pro and Stern gone from Integrated Services, what is the reorganization going to look like? Both groups are smoke and mirrors, taking revenue from the vehicle sales. Nobody is paying for subscriptions for Blue Cruise, security... — read more
Chinese EVs
Why are we banning Chinese EVs to protect companies like Ford who want to outsource American jobs to India and Mexico while reducing the labor force here as much as possible in manufacturing? How is that American made? Then on top of all of it... — read more
Farley and his “management team” get performance review from Wall Street
From the Detroit News, does Farley and his “management team” ever get embarrassed reading this stuff ? Almost three-quarters — 73% — of Ford's inventory is still model-year 2024, according to Edmunds. That's compared to 34% of the industry overall... — read more
Ford Retiree Life Ins.
What type of life insurance do you have after you retired from Ford? Purchase Ford optional life insurance or purchase term life insurance outside of Ford. Do you even need life insurance after you retired? What is best from your experience?
Ford 2024 EV Sales - 97,865 Units
Great news. Ford have sold 97,865 EVs in 2024. https://www.investors.com/news/ev-sales-q4-2024-auto-sales-gm-ford-tesla-toyota-honda-stellantis/
H1B count at Ford Motor
Ford had 810 H1B applications in 2024 with average salary of $115k base!! Compared to 89K Ford employees in USA as mentioned in ford corporate website. Source: https://h1bgrader.com/h1b-sponsors/ford-motor-company-pg27zdmpk5#employer-h1b
Company improvements for BILL FORD
How can we turn this company around to become one of the greatest company in America?
Should I stay or should I go
Hi everyone, I’ve been exploring outside job opportunities and have two offers. The one I’m most interested in is a hybrid role with a 40–50 minute commute each way. Ford offers great perks, like paid coursera training, which the new job doesn’t... — read more
I guess they only need enough room to have fired employees turn in their computers, laptops right?
The Tampa and Nashville service centers are the only ones left and it is obvious all of the Customer Service for For Credit is pretty much going to Mexico. Wholesale, Acct Services, EOT, Titles to India, Investigations went to China several years... — read more
My question is how can we return to the office when our service center has closed?
Example Colorado is close and now the Omaha Service center is closed.
5 Day RTO Implentation Top Down
It will be interesting to see how well top Management can implement 5 day RTO when their middle Management haven’t managed 3 day in office well. I don’t see many engineers spending a single full day in the office in my area.
300,000 headaches Ford would not need to deal with if they stopped offering warranties as of tomorrow on all Ford vehicles produced
Ford recalls nearly 300,000 F-Series trucks over defective fuel pumps Ford Motor is recalling 295,449 diesel-engine trucks because a defective fuel pump could cause a loss of power, raising the risk of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety... — read more
Will quit if they force RTO
Everyone here is embarrassed to work here anyway and if they force me to go to Michigan for Mediocre career and underpayment, I’m not doing it.
Ford can’t secure their X account
Why would anyone trust software developed by Ford to be secure?
Email notification for 5 day RTO in 2025
Is it coming the end of this week or are they waiting until next week when most employees will be back online?
Henry is tweeting from the grave…
https://thehill.com/business/5060726-fords-x-account-israel-terrorist-stateapparent-hack-incident/
Tesla replaced laid off US workers with foreign workers using H-1B visas that Musk want to increase
Our hero. https://electrek.co/2024/12/30/tesla-replaced-laid-off-us-workers-with-foreign-workers-using-h-1b-visas-that-musk-want-to-increase/
Sheila
Since she has seemingly turned one of the family's failures into a success, can she PLEASE retire her dofus of a brother and save us next?
Came back from vacation and dreading to be back at this sh1t show of a company
Constantly just worried about losing my job here, there is no future or growth here left. Going to keep doing just enough to hopefully last 6 more months and then figure my stuff out / interview good enough to get something else. The titanic is... — read more
Why large corporations prefer H-1Bs (hint: it's not low-cost)
They don't tell They don't yell. They work after the bell.
Where is FLV, we need him back!
He was able to convince WS that we were really a subscription and services company and the stock hit $25! It’s been all downhill since he “departed.” Now that PS has tried, failed, and moved on to spinning wheels elsewhere, we need a real producer... — read more
Special Dividend This Year?
Any word if they are planning special dividend this year like last two years?
Circumstances demand quick thinking and visionary leadership
Ours is reactive, and at glacial speed at that, instead of proactive and willing to take calculated risks. If they had ever faced consequences for their bad decisions and inability to adapt quickly to rapidly changing conditions, they might have... — read more
H1B documentary still very relevant
https://youtu.be/OeoBWzIRuic?si=cHGy52zAqC43SXRM
Retire prior to Medicare Active
Do not retire if you are financially not ready. If you elect to retire, there are a number of things you must consider. Do not carry a mortgage payment. You should have at least $1 million in your pension lump sum, or get a minion $5000 per... — read more
At Ford - It's who you know, not what you know
It's sad to see a company like Ford going down the same path as other bankrupted companies. Hired people because of who they know in the company and not what they are qualified to do. It's the same from management to UAW. This is the reason why... — read more
At Bayer, the fix was to nix the LL6.
Bayer got rid of bosses and asked staff to self-organize https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bayer-got-rid-bosses-asked-121243623.html
I feel like I work in a circus
A circus run by a bunch of clowns who couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel.
H1b abuse at Ford
After seeing the H1b debate on twitter made me think how abusive and prevalent this visa scam is at Ford. I see Indian managers who only hire other Indians on h1b and discriminate against others. Should H1b visa be stopped for companies who lay off... — read more
CRC, OTA, & others
Ford is moving virtually all jobs they had through their Percepta vendor to Ford of Mexico. The CRC, OTA, and warranty will all be moved. Percepta just did a bunch of layoffs and there are whole departments that have been notified.
Why do so many of you hate Ford?
I understand hating the leadership, but why hate the entire company?
Leadership will run us into the ground
Not only do they lack vision and direction, but they are also incredibly slow to react to the developments in the world around them. I'm honestly terrified of what next year will bring. I have absolutely no confidence that they will successfully... — read more
MAP in danger
https://fordauthority.com/2024/12/2025-ford-bronco-and-ranger-production-pushed-back-two-weeks/amp/ Demand just isn't there. Sales are slowing. And volumes for both Bronco and Ranger have never been great. Rumors about MAP's future have been... — read more
How is the number of employees increasing?
I was trying to find online how much the workforce is shrinking each year due to layoffs, and then I found this: Ford Motor Company had 177,000 employees as of December 31, 2023. The number of employees increased by 4,000 or 2.31% compared to the... — read more
So sad
There are many things that Ford is doing, which causing the company to suffer. Engineers are doing thing the way the have done in the past. This is totally wrong. There is no innovation at Ford. Employees are there because they can't get a job... — read more
Trying to buy favor to cover for Bill Ford’s opinions…
Ford Motor Co is donating $1 million and a fleet of vehicles to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's January inauguration, a company spokesperson said on Monday.
Beware 20 + year and even newer employees, if you are training India, Mexico or China to
Do your job or some function (s) of your dept., then when you are done training them then Ford is done with you. For the last four years this has happened in Wholesale dept, Vehicle Liquidations, Dealer services and Customer Service at Ford Credit. ... — read more
RTO? Management should be prepared to lose valuable people
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/why-valuable-employees-often-leave-after-tighter-return-to-office-mandates/91064851
Ford to start cleaning house
Ford have started to cut costs by eliminating useless employees, they are essentially laying off workers who are deemed to be not contributing enough value to the company, often in an effort to reduce expenses. I have seen so many contract employees... — read more