Because employees short of badge swipe target. Was this the plan all along?
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@s4 and everyone who gets a 1/1 will be let go, I guess.
@rs
Just to provide clarification, I have a copy of the matrix used, and it's a MINIMUM of 30% of the Ford salaried population rated with 1s of some sort, broken out as:
Min 10%: 1, 1 (1 on performance & 1 on behavior)
Min 10%: 1, 2 (1 on performance & 2 on behavior)
Min 10%: 2, 1 (2 on performance & 1 on behavior)
Max 5%: 3, 3 (3 on performance & behavior)
The matrix also show 0% in 4, 4 and 4, 3 and 3, 4; The top 5% in the company can get a 3, 3.
There’s a lawsuit right now claiming since 2024, ford mandated people leaders to give 30% of all employees the lowest possible score on performance reviews regardless of actual performance. I’ve heard this confirmed from an LL4 who quit
@ef
It's not quite as bad if senior employees are terminated once they've hit the 55 and/or 30, as at least their pension has accelerated. I was terminated right before 55/30, so Ford sc--wed me out of the majority of my pension since it hadn't accelerated yet. They did me really dirty.
The Hunger Games of performance reviews has returned! I experienced it at many companies I worked for. Expect little to no training among team members, employees hoarding knowledge and backstabbing.
@cg everytime we have had a reduction in headcount since 2019 I kept a lot of who in our department was terminated.
It is always 70% or greater senior employees with pensions, and having it 55 or 30 years. Now in our area they're trying to find cause to fire you so no severance package.
Our area is extremely toxic to work in.
@at
The LL4 who quit is 100% correct. This forced stacked ranking has been happening for the past 2-3 years, but no one still in the company will admit to it publicly for fear of being targeted themselves. I was targeted and terminated under this system, and I had no performance or attendance issues. I was in the office more than anyone else on my team. I was 100% targeted for age and pension purposes.
@at This is true. Employees are ranked and there are always mandatory low performers. It makes the environment very toxic. Attendance issues are counted towards bad performance.
What I was told from an LL4 who quit recently is ford is back to doing the “forced stacked ranking” they got in trouble for in the early 2000s. So even if everyone on your team met their deliverables, they’re picking a few to rate “1”. It’s easy to point to badge swipes or someone being a remote worker as a reason to rate them a 1, especially on a team when no one actually deserves a 1. Ford has gotten increasingly toxic as a workplace. Keep your resume up to date and never stop applying externally. 4 days required in office is draconian and a lot of the best talent has already left
Failure to follow simple instruction and compete assigned tasks. Sounds like a good reason to fire someone to me.
They should be targeting people who harass others and those who enable that harassment for extended periods of time.
DUH! What better way to wrongfully fire senior, good performance employees to minimize lawsuit risks for ageism. That's just the Ford norm. New hires better figure this out in their 30's.