HR is concocting a plan to do a massive device return and badge return in person.
Here is how it’s going to go:
This massive layoff clears the way for space issues and allows Ford to cash in on available talent.
@12k the top 7 at Dover this weekend was 4 Toyotas and 3 Chevys
@1ay any updates on the reorg?
Have you reported to your “center of gravity”?
@OP this post has been up over a week, did the 15 min emails start going out
@ad people in Ford Performance are expecting a reorg announcement
Oh great. The Neckcar fans have hijacked the thread.
@tf logano would have no championships if the new bullsh-t playoff format didn't exist
@bz yep, they spend a lot of money and get no results. On a per person basis, they also spend the most on travel, sending many people to NASCAR races, WRC races, Australian Supercars races, NHRA races, IMSA races, WEC races, and so on every week. It's funny that I'm supposed to reduce discretionary travel as someone that travels once a year while these guys are living the life at races every week.
@bz the top 10 at Sonoma yesterday was 5 Chevys, 4 Toyotas, and 1 Ford
@f6 LL8?🤣
Fake employee
@qc You can’t take away that logano is a winner, but do you really want his reputation representing your company?
@qc Chevrolet won the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
While this is all mostly true, Ford has won the NASCAR Championship the past 3 seasons (Team Penske - Logano 2022 and 2024, Blaney 2023).
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Well said. Center of Gravity is the proper term to use and how we will conduct business at Ford going forward in the office in person.
This isn't the 1970's people.
@ay: really?
That's the d-mbest advise I have heard yet, are we the only employer in town?
If one is at that point, spend most of the day cleaning up the resume and looking for another job!
Leave and comeback contract, may as well spend your paycheck on the lotto d-mba55!
@ba HR and Ford Land developed the term because teams could not understand the concept of open desks. The men cried about how they couldn't sit near their besties and had no place to put their Hello Kitty purses. So they started making signs for each team so they could all be in the same area. Apparently if people can't sit in the same exact desk each day they get lost and dont know where they are.
@bz one reason for all of this is the same friends and family nepotism that plagues the rest of the company. Chairman Bill Ford's son is the General Manager of Ford Performance, even though he has zero motorsports or management experience.
I was recently promoted to LL(-1) and have information that layoffs will be starting in Sept
LL8 here (who's always on time - BTW) and can say with some certainty there are some over exaggerations going on here...... Take the info on here loosely.
@et I am an LL1 and I heard you're being laid off tomorrow.
I am an LL5 and have been hearing chatter about 15 min emails going out soon
@dv that was announced in February: https://fordauthority.com/2025/02/ford-shuffles-designers-into-new-roles-closes-irvine-studio/
@ce yep, we just heard about layoffs at an Irvine location today. Whatever Ford Performance is doing isn't a layoff if they are giving you that much notice.
@bz that’s good to know, was hoping to go for one of those jobs one day
@ad I don't think the meeting would be about layoffs if they sent the notice 2 weeks in advance. They usually give 1-2 days notice max for layoff meetings. The integrated services digital product team got emails on Sunday night about layoffs on Monday and Tuesday.
@ad Ford Performance is a drain on the company, just like Model E. They spend millions of dollars but can't get results.
Chevy and Toyota run circles around Ford in NASCAR. The Corvette ZR1 is faster than the Mustang GTD for half the price. The Mustang GT3 has never won anything. The much overhyped Dakar truck was beat by a old Toyota Hilux.
The only races they win are races no one cares about. Farley probably doesn't know this but nobody watches King of the Hammers Ultra4 4669 Modded Stock Baja 7000 class, nor does anybody buy a Bronco because of them.
Hopefully, the next CEO after Farley cuts this useless organization.
I was at world headquarters for the open house a few months back and seen the center of gravity signs on cubicles. I said to my coworker they have to indicate the center of gravity on each floor because if they don’t the fat chicks will gather on one side of the building it will tip over
How pathetic can you be and how useless your skills that you would be desperate to return to Ford ever after being laid off LOL
It’s a real thing. That way they can tell you where to sit without giving you a desk. It’s fu--ing pathetic.
what are the 15 min emails
These are meeting notices for 15 minute meetings with managers 2 levels above you telling you that you are fired.
The person recommending quitting now is correct. If there are job openings in other areas that meet your experience and education, quit now and you can hire back in 6 months. If you wait, even if you have exactly the skills, education and experience they are looking for, they won’t even talk to you.
"center of gravity"
This has got to be real.
Only MBAs could come up with something as cheesy as that.
@ba the d-mbasses in HR did
@OP what are the 15 min emails
@ad are any other orgs doing this or is it just ford performance
Who came up with the term "center of gravity"?
@az I’d rather chew nails.
They try to destroy your livelihood if you have an opinion
@az haha same here
@ay i would get rather get banned for life than beg to come back to this shithole
If you are full time , I highly recommend resignation so that you can easily go back as contract or even now ask manager if you can quit and quickly join as contract ,, rather than getting banned for life from coming back as FT or contract,,, quit now!! you will thank me for this advice pretty soon!! The price you pay for neting FT and working for this place is life time ban at the cost of higher mgmt ego!!
@aq i would rather quit than watch that