GSR8 who’s been tapped for LL6 role. Not sure I want to take the leap. Mgmt lease would be nice and I drive a lot but can anyone familiar with the program tell me how much it costs? Is the lease fee a % of msrp or a random amount?

Ford sold record numbers of EV for 2023, a total of 72,000 for 2023. For every Ford EV sold, Tesla sold 25 EVs. Tesla sold 1.81 million EV for 2023, worldwide. Ford loses $40k for every EV Ford produced. Tesla makes $10k for every EV they... — read more 

Ford reported record EV sales for 4th quarter, 26,000 units. Ford loses $40,000 for each EV produced. This will be a $1 billion loss for 4th quarter. This has been the trend since 2022. Looking forward to another $4 billion loss in 2024. — read more 

This is the next step to cut cost at Ford. None union employees will be affected.

Ford Motor Company is recalling certain 2016-2018 Ford Focus and 2018-2022 Ford EcoSport vehicles, according to a statement from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The oil pump drive belt or drive belt tensioner may fail, resulting... — read more 

Was told that my review wasn’t too negative but not too positive either. What happens if someone gets below expectations? I feel I was thrown under the bus

Can’t get a better customer to tell a worse story. Not a new truck but still a coveted Raptor. He won’t get fooled again. https://youtu.be/cKFPcmuOdqU?feature=shared

I see some folks who were GSR and then promoted to LL+ every 2 years. They just have a bachelors and just sound authoritative. What are they doing right? What should I focus on for a successful career?

Ford is ranked the King of Recalls 3 years in a row. 67 recalls in 52 weeks. Not bad at all. Let's see if Ford will beat that record for 2024.

Business opinion about the EV market. https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/sorry-president-biden-nobody-wants-glorified-golf-cart

Ford barely sold 200,000 units in China per year. It's a money loosing business, why Ford insisted on keeping the plant open? You only need 1 assembly plant to produce 200k per year. Ford has 5 assembly plants, how inefficient this company is. No... — read more 

Everybody at Ford knows work from home is great for employees. My Manager likes working remotely and doesn’t see the need to bring the team back into the office. If you can get your work done in just a couple of hours at home, spending hours in... — read more 

Just another arrogant h1b desi full of sh1t. Doesn’t know anything but thinking they are a lord and everyone else is their slave

https://youtu.be/Bj_se2_O_QQ?si=FMOZpTRkxRwXxzFI

The only vehicle manufacturer that had worse sales % increase YoY in 2023 was Stellantis. Ford has lost market share every year since Farley joined the company as VP Marketing in 2008, responsible for INCREASING MARKET SHARE. Where is the... — read more 

No one wants to live in the sh1t hole known as michigan full of horrible weather and crime in detroit combined with being underpaid

How does LCC job transfer affect Quality? What are the countermeasures in place to stop the Quality free fall since the Quality Czar has joined Ford? Does JB even have a plan to counter LCC engineering quality impact. Most of the engineers from... — read more 

Make contingencies to go back the office if you are remote. If you are remote and out of state, prepare to be separated. Very rarely can they not find someone local to do what a remote person does if being in the office is all that makes a difference... — read more 

I got meets target for mid year but not sure if it’s likely that will stick or if I’ll get thrown under the bus

https://www.newsweek.com/job-listings-close-america-braces-layoffs-1857499

The American Made Big 3 did not make it on the list. https://www.kbb.com/car-news/study-finds-the-most-american-cars/

Not sure what to expect. Is it game over / PIP if i get below target?

I heard people leaders discussing ways to cut cost and one being discussed is eliminating the HTHD job designation. The people they want to keep got their pay bumps and they do not want to pay new people the higher wage. Has anyone else heard about... — read more 

Ford is recalling nearly 113,000 of its popular F-150 pickup trucks because of a rear axle hub bolt that "may fatigue and break." The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the issue could lead to a heightened crash risk. Bolt... — read more 

Apparently other people I’ve spoken to here have another job they are doing as well.

My skills have actually degraded even more since I started working here. Im having to realize that this company is just full of BSers and paper pushers ( LL6s especially) Getting another job will require BSing really hard during interviews.

I say let Sheila Ford Hemp take over Ford. Look what she has done for the cultural with the lions, she hired people that could run it and get things done..... That is what we need here at Ford.

It always seems doom and gloom here; is there actual proof or cause for concern? The layoffs seem to happen around June time every year here so we have a few months (at least?)

Ford Credit implemented a mandatory RTO starting this week. The rumor I've heard has been it's a test run of doing the same to the rest of Ford and/or a quick fix for cutting resources. Throwing that out there for any white collar workers banking on... — read more 

I am hearing these LL telling people how good their vehicles are, because it's still new. They only drive these vehicle for a year at the most, so they have no ideal how unreliable these vehicles are. If you purchased a Ford or Lincoln and the... — read more 

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/chinese-ev-makers-planning-factories-120000495.htm

Wondering if im naive to think I might make it through 2024 unscathed or if i should expect to be chopped soon I work in Model E

"Taxpayer subsidies for the Big Three are all but guaranteed. In August, before the United Auto Workers strike, the Biden administration announced $15.5 billion in funding and loans to help car manufacturers redesign their factories for electric... — read more 

Just got off the phone with my disgruntled LL4 buddy. He said thousands have been hired in the LCCs since beginning of November. Once it became obvious the new UAW contract was going to be extremely costly, the LCCs plan got kicked into high... — read more 

Wondering if I can hold my breath until June or not I am in ADAS in model e I’m entering a stressful period in my life and would like to ideally not get screwed financially this upcoming year

https://twitter.com/GuyDealership/status/1739735289403203908?t=NF4H1P6KiksU8F9UFIt8CQ&s=19

This isn’t a way to live tbh. Everyone I know here is constantly worrying that they might lose their paycheck any day Sc--w the Ford company and “family”

How likely is that there will be Ford layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

Ford leads the way! Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2023 Ford F-Series pickups due to an issue with the vehicles’ steering wheel airbags. The defect: in affected pickups, the steering wheel clock spring assembly may have been improperly... — read more