I am considering reporting our abysmal new mgr and his tag-alongs via speak up. While it's supposed to be anonymous, how is that possible when you have to be on your ford machine to do it? My Csid is logged in, so of course they'll know it's me. Has anyone used Speak Up? what about retaliation?
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OP - You are really posting this....really? How green are you anyway? Do you not know how the world works? You have a lot of learning / growing up to do. Hopefully no one but yourself depends on you for your income.
Chat, is this real?
I did speak up to protect my employees. The next thing you know is they moved me to a different team. That's what Ford does. They will not protect you no matter what. You have to look out for yourself.
@1mpe+1oJbQL3X Here is the thing if the leaders in the leadership tree that a Speakup report was reported for are corrupt or the assigned HR are corrupt, there WILL be retaliation.
This is how it goes. Let us say a Speakup report is lodged against an LL6. The LL3 over that LL6 gets contacted by the “investigators”. (Sometimes they are tipped off by HR before the official investigation). Now the corrupt LL3 will have off-site meetings with LL4, LL5, LL6 and they will come up with a cover up story and a plan to shift the blame for the LL6’s behavior. Then the LL5 and LL6 will have meetings with other LL6 and GSR rallying support for the accused LL6. They are told the party line to adhere to if they want to keep their jobs. Now the HR investigation with GSRs and LL6s ensues and Surprise Surprise, the complaints are found to be baseless, and the retaliation begins in earnest against the victims.
This is how LLx are allowed to be serial harassers and abusers for 30+ years and retire with a Ford pension. Happens in the glass house, happened at ITEK, happens at Ford Credit, happened at ITHQ, just as it happens in the Ford plants. In 2011 one serial harasser LL6 got a beat down in the Ford Credit parking lot by the brothers of a young woman he was harassing, this after HR and the LL5 victim blamed. Funny thing was no one stepped in to help the LL6. A crowd of people gathered at the windows to watch, but no one intervened. The LL6 changed his behavior for about 2 weeks and then reverted to his old ways.
There is a difference between HR and ER. The ER folks are super serious. They follow-up on everything. If you have an issue with a manager, report it.
I commented to HR about my 6 minute check in with my mo--nic boss. Previous top performer and I was given a below target because of decisions make at his level and higher. Copied 2 layers of HR. Added detail to my email and requested a 1:1.
Email response was simply links to the HR targets. Complete ignorance. HR is useless and Ford is going under fast. Hope the cuts on the 25th are real. Pick me please.
HR works for the company, not you
Don’t be a fu----g id--t OP. HR is set up to make the company look good, not do anything to actually help employees.
Think!
You are wasting your time. I saw three separate people accuse a manager of bad behavior that would be grounds for dismissal. They just moved the manager. Focus on your yard and what you have control over. Otherwise you will go crazy at this company. This place is ran so out of sorts that it’s not worth the stress to think you can fix it. Some people have a flaw thinking “I can fix anything”; this is the furthest from the truth. And when they try to fix it they make things worse for themselves. If it’s out of your yard of control, let it run out. It’s not worth the added stress and ultimate disappointment when bad people win. The universe will correct itself of toxic people, trust me. You may or may not see it, but it happens.
Don’t post a pic on webex of a dude in a pink bunny suit. DF will get you fired
Speaking from personal experience, they do investigate SpeakUp reports very seriously and do take your privacy seriously, although the team can probably guess who is likely to complain. Also, you don't need to be on a ford system to email the SpeakUp email ID.
It's a trap... Was harassed as purchase service. Kept mouth shut and eventually hired in as direct. Though pays more seems like a dead end job. Have an professional degree and surrounded by id--ts. Watch people use flawwed data, mention to supervisor, but leadership cares about checking the box vs quality. Cash the check and pour a stiff drink.
Ford HR is here to protect the company and the managers and not the employees. An investigation will start and then your department managers will try to figure out who the “the informer” is and put you on “the next one to get rid of list”. It should not be this way but I have seen investigations negatively impact the employee instead of the manager. Sad but true :0(
Ford hates complainers way more than it hates bad mannered managers. Don't fall into the trap.
This is what was successful in resolving an issue Anonymously. A typewriter, not a printer, was used to type up a report of the issues and supporting documentation was also enclosed. The supporting evidence was typed transcripts of meetings with dates, times attendees; typed transcripts of interactions the problem leader with dates, times and witnesses; etc. A note was included that stated video of the events were preserved, recordings of conversations were preserved, emails were preserved, texts and voicemails were preserved and would be used to resolve the situation external to Ford if FoMoCo did not resolve it.
All this was packaged up and sent to three places. 1) Bill Ford. 2) Ford HR and 3) Ford Legal. Within 3 weeks HR was having meetings with everyone in the department and the problem leader “retired”. Yes he and his cronies tried to conduct a witch hunt and victim shame and blame, but his perverted goose was cooked.
Going against the grain here. I have used it multiple times and never experienced retaliation.
Do not use it. Are you crazy? It is not
Anonymous and you will be retaliated against.
I recommend against it. It will only affect you and nothing will be done unless it is an ilegal act.
"mgr could be fired for retaliation"
This would be the ethical and logical reaction that a proper HR would do.
But we are talking about Ford HR. Which are neither ethical or smart.
They will protect only Ford management that are higher on the ladder than you. And you will I repeat WILL be put at the top of the cut list.
Nothing is anonymous, HR is not on your side, mgmnt is not on your side, find another job (transfer if you can, but internal transfers usually don't work out, your mgr will find out about it, and he's the one who has to approve it).
Might I suggest having a respectful conversation with your mgr to see if there are other reasons than what looks to be obvious playing into things. Mgrs are often throttled as to what they can do. If you get the impression after a respectful exchange this person is incompetent, yeah do your thing. Of course HR will know your digital footprint, and they will (if they take the complaint seriously) notify the mgr of an investigation. That puts you in the open, but it also protects you from retaliation to the point that a mgr could be fired for retaliation. I would also suggest that if your mgr is really that clueless, HR already knows and maybe a phone call is better than the formal process as your ID'd either way.
My 2 cents, hope you do OK.
just another way to be put on the "bad guy, not a team player" list
Generally, if it's not also reported to news media or law enforcement (if it's a crime), it will simply go to manager of the department to resolve. They generally do nothing. You may be placed on a future layoff list.
Unless that person is doing something against Company policy I doubt anything will be done. Good luck.
were you born yesterday?