Thread regarding Ford layoffs

There will be no recession in 2026. GDP is off the charts and the stock market reaching new highs is basically signaling things look good/growth within the next 6-12 months. Interest rates will also be further lowering next year. As far as Ford, they have some challenges. I wouldn't be surprised to see some layoffs.

I posted six months ago on here how a trusted LL5 I know told me there would be no major layoffs this year. People on here didn't want to hear that. lol Yet it was true and they were wrong.

I do think there could be some layoffs next year and more employees will be getting subpar assessments (rightly or wrongly). By the way, your bonus will be reviewed during your assessment with your People Leader this time around. They will not be separate meetings. So Feb/Mar mostly likely the timing for that.

@ny I don't know, I feel like some people want to speak the truth but others don't want to engage in that dialogue. That said this place is a sh-t show, almost literally.

Well, there is a bit that posts layoff prediction every Sunday night, so we have a weekly notice that it will happen.

Seriously, This forum has become a joke and anything but truth comes out here. What id--ts still think asking a question here has any value?

With record high incentivized 2025 sales, expect slower 2026. Also, US buying power to drop. Need cheaper vehicles and outside NA to compensate, which is planned for 2027 and 2028. Expect hellish pressure to deliver - folks won't even have time or energy left to contribute in this forum.

Ford will start hiring anyone, who are unqualified for the job. Especially those who has connections within Ford. It's going to be another disaster project.

They won't cancel CE1 after their big reveal at LAP and the announcement they will scrape the plant floor. They will go through with it and it will never meet its volume call. Loser right out of the gate.

@ec lmfao

@dq If CE1 is canned, that will be the end of Model E as we know it. A lot of heads have to roll in case that happens

@cz Would not surprise me if CE1 is cancelled next and the trend of cancellations U759, Lightning, P800 and V801 is not one of confidence to think otherwise. Public doesn't want EVs and Ford likes to flip flop at the expense of huge losses. Another $$$ billion or two is a drop in the bucket for Jim "Blank Check" Farley. I honestly don't think $30k is possible for the P833 and if it is not, the truck will not sell. There is also some big questions floating around Dearborn that the 2027 launch date is premature and that the competition will launch something sooner that is actually $30k. I'll buy a Slate truck if it is cheap.

Ford Racing debut next month will overshadow the wave of layoffs coming in January.

@OP. It doesn't matter if the market makes a turn o not. Ford is bent on outsourcing the NA white collar jobs. The only difference the market makes, is how fast the outsourcing will be implemented.

I am expected the company will hire for blue collar jobs, to show its commitment to be "American", and to please Trump. Any other job will be outsourced, besides the BoD and the C-suite, since Bill Ford likes to keep people around that listen to his nonsense.

I am also expecting the company to keep losing more market share globally and domestically. No new models for another 2 years? Ha! Competition is fierce, and customer wallets are tight. Less people are willing to spend a big chunk in an outdated bad quality vehicle.

Now, if the market turns for the worse in the short term, there is a big chance of the company going down under. The CFO likes to point in every TH that the company is in an excellent position regarding cash flow, with around $20 billions, but the issue is the debt, $160 billions of it and growing. Even if the company survives, that would means we all lose our jobs fast.

If the market stays weak, doesn't get worse, and even if improves, the company is in the path of an slow death. The Sears of the automotive industry... Beyond all the hype and the lies of the C-suite, the numbers show the reality: less vehicles sold, bigger revenues, but less profits.

Competition means those revenues numbers are going to shrink, wiping the profits. So the only way to survive for a little longer is to cut costs. The easier way to cut costs, according to our LLs ("Lousy Leadership") is outsourcing the NA jobs, which causes more quality issues, more resentment, less vehicles sold in NA, and so on (vicious cycle).

The right approach would be to put all our strength in the most profitable vehicles, win the competition there, develop good quality vehicles, and cut the EV and Lincoln cr@p. Instead, the company is squeezing dry the most profitable vehicles, and taking that money, that should be reinvested in those vehicles, and wasting it in Billy's wet dream (EVs).

That's why there is no happy ending for us, the workers bees...

@cd have faith in Billy. They were collecting all the ducks to line up. You can’t give a quack for nobody to her it after all. Ford infinity stones. All of the are collected now. Everything.

No, to the contrary, Ford will go on a hiring spree.

The plans have changed radically so they have to flush a lot out before the hire more or work on new vision which I think with this CEO is impossible

100% yes, and 100% yes historically , but the automotive is slow to respond to count actual sales. During the recession , people DO NOT buy new vehicles , most people who still have a job live very frugal to stay save for a rainy day. Going back to GFC , Ford , GM and Chrysler had over 120, 000 employees laid off within 1 year - 2009-2010. More info from ChatGPT.