Thread regarding Ford layoffs

I was SIRPed on August and I was sad at first. After 25 years, it just wasn’t the way I wanted to go out. Since then I have found a position at a company that treats their employees very well. I am no longer waiting for the other shoe to drop, and there have been many shoes in the past 25 years. Life after Ford is good.

SIRP'd in August. Not really bitter as retirement is everything I hoped it would be! But disappointed. After 3 decades to not get my going away party, not get a thank you. Not get recognized for the blood, sweat, and tears I put in.

I speak to other retirees, not just from Ford, and to hear how they were recognized at the end of long careers, and all I got was a phone call from a remote LL4 saying that I was no longer employed at Ford. It is just a really disappointing end to a long relationship with a company I loved.

No bitterness, I still own and drive Ford products and will until the day I die. Just really sad at the way things ended.

I was SIRP, too, and was not happy when it happened. I spent over 15 years working my bu-t off, only to be told I no longer have a job. To make matters worse, my job had nothing to do with ICE or EV, at least not directly.

At any rate, I was offered a job with a new company two months later. More money, better hours, and a lot less stress. My spouse and kids told me I was a different person. Looking back, wondering if I would have a job next year was stressful enough. I mean, how can you plan anything? How do you live like that?

I understand those of you are hanging on to that lifeline, trying to make it to 30. You know the stress level of making it past the following year. The rest, sometimes you need that line cut to force you to find a new job, another reason to get up in the morning. I did. Maybe I was lucky. I don't know.

Whether trying to make it to 30 or staying because you believe you can make a difference. Maybe you can make a difference, but how long will you wait until it is your turn? There are a lot of other companies that will value you. Whatever your choice, I wish you good luck in your future endeavors.

happy to read your post as well as others who feel the same, i can not share the same.
the unethical approach and actions of the boston consulting list as well as the lies that its was to bring in new people for ev and the !d!0ts that are brough tin from awful companies, like HP, Renault, hotels, etc is unforgiveable.
k r0bins0n will rot in he-l for leading the it and selling her sold to the devil for a position IMO she has absolutely no qualifications
investors and shareholders are well aware how qualified folks were terminated to be replaced with folks with no abilities to support an auto company and have even less abilities to " transform it to a data and subscription " company.
to he-l with ford and the disgrace of the family
best takeaway from the last years sirp and the upcoming sirp where ll5s were asked to sign ndas is that performance and achievements mean nothing, do all your a$$ ki$$ing and you survive - no wonder no one steps up and all programs are a mess

SIRP'd in August. The only thing I'm bitter about is the way it was done. After 20+ years, all I wanted was a chance to tell my teams what happened in person. I wasn't going to go on some angry rant or anything of the sort. I felt nothing but relief when I was fired and finally out of that poisonous environment. I knew I it had nothing to do me or my performance. I was the go to person on pretty much every team I was on and always had good reviews. It was simply due to cost. I was expensive and that was that. Not Farley or Billy expensive but expensive for a GSR. I'm glad to be gone. No complaints. Both family and friends say I look and sound a whole lot better. I feel a lot better. I can say with complete certainty, I don't miss the yes men, the friends and family planners, backstabbers and the incompetent. Ford will never learn as it keeps those types around as they are exactly like management. I say management since there are very few leaders at Ford and less and less every round.

I feel EXACTLY the same way, even though I was not SIRP'd, but forced to retire early due to the lump sum hit I would have taken to stay.
I knew I worked in a toxic environment. I just didn't realize how toxic it was until I LEFT! People who see me now are amazed at how much my demeanor has changed, and how happy I actually LOOK!
The people I worked with over the years were mostly wonderful people. I miss them. I DO NOT miss the toxic, stress-filled environment, where the bu-t-kissers and friends and family succeeded. I realize how unappreciated the employees truly are. Ford talks out of both sides of their mouth! Their actions DO NOT match their words.
I always thought it was a badge of honor to work for Ford. Until I LEFT!

@rdw I know how you feel but you gotta let it go.
It’s just Ford and BGC logic - Why keep an experienced guy on staff who knows your last 20 years of mistakes when you could hire someone right out of college who can make them all over again for half the price? And why keep a guy who is a threat because he bringing the A game, when there are bench-warmers who are not a threat?

Take the SIRP as a complement. You were too good for Ford. Ford only wants mediocre and unproductive employees.

SIRP'd in August too. I'm still bitter as he-l. Landed a job making as much as I did at Ford. My bitterness is at who they kept instead of me. I was TA multiple times. I knew my stuff inside and out. I worked hard and was continually learning new things.

I got laid off and the people they kept were blow hard, all talk no action, hadn't updated their skills in 10-15 years.

So while I'm better off I'm still pi---d off that they didn't value the right things, and it shows in the people they kept. Sc--w Ford. I hope they go bankrupt.

I was also cut in August and I could have written the same. Don’t miss Ford one bit

Outstanding! Well done!