Ford is cutting and hiring. The culture and the atmosphere at Ford are changing. I'm just wondering if getting a job here is now easier than ever? At one time, only the best and most talented could do it.

This reminds me of 2008 all over again. Ford secured loans a in 2006 before the crash of 2008. Because of this they didn’t go bankrupt like General Motors and Chrysler. Is the $9 Billion really for battery and electric vehicle investment or is... — read more 

Ford invested in TMC (Transportation Mobility Cloud) back in 2017 and this year TMC is merged into Ford. In 6 Years, TMC could not perform how the Azure-based VSDN used to perform. TMC always goes down (at least once a week, as many services go... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/17/jim-cramer-explains-fords-electric-vehicle-price-cuts.html

Let's name them all! I'll start with The Hunger March & Ford Massacre. https://www.carthrottle.com/post/dolzbz7/ Then, let's not forget about good ol' Fordlandia... — read more 

This makes job searching hard, as my title and responsibilities don't exactly align with external roles. I want out of auto - how are you guys navigating this?

From a post on LinkedIn: Now I realize that the reason is because, as we are taught by Harvard Business School, layoffs are a failure of management. Ford created an entire design-thinking organization, grew it to scale rapidly, and failed to extract... — read more 

ICE vehicles were perfectly fine and they outright scrapped it in favor for full EV? what on earth were they thinking? EVs do not have the range Nor do we have infrastructure to support it at scale. Imagine being stuck in Traffic for an emergency... — read more 

I apply and apply, it's only the recruiters who want to talk to me. I don't have a company reach out to me yet. I am very worried.

Ford Motor Co.'s brands had the largest year-over-year decline in initial quality, led by Lincoln with 208 problems per 100 vehicles, 41 more than last year. Ford had 201 problems per 100 vehicles, up 34, according to J.D. Powers. This is a direct... — read more 

https://jalopnik.com/ford-tried-to-be-tesla-and-it-cost-the-company-billions-1850651340 Fire Farley!

I hear that we will have 4th round of layoffs around Sept 25. Is this correct? Within the portfolio, Cloud Platform (Model E), there are many services, connected products, and platforms that are getting decommissioned. LLs are collecting data on %... — read more 

Since FLV is on indefinite “personal” leave, it’s a good thing college students have picked up the slack on vehicle security, inexpensive, easy to use and NO SUBSCRIPTION!!! Ford Next should just shut down and write off canopy before they waste more... — read more 

After both debuted to high demand and long wait lists, the Ford F-150 Lightning and Ford Mustang Mach-E have cooled off somewhat in recent months, a trend largely driven by rising prices and vastly improved supply buoyed by ramped up production of... — read more 

Ford has faced its fair share of quality woes recently, which CEO Jim Farley previously said will take years to fix. Regardless, the automaker has set out to accomplish precisely that, aiming to achieve “best-in-class” quality in many of its models... — read more 

The UPS Teamsters negotiations affect us all... Note: Teamsters are an UAW ally. Companies that use UPS include: Amazon Apple Walmart Best Buy Costco

Teams are working remote at this location so we don't hear much. Everyone is kinda distant, like you can go weeks without talking to coworkers or your manager. With all the chatter on this board about layoffs, its so quiet sometimes I wonder if... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/ev-sales-growth-s-about-to-slow-if-building-is-getting-easier-why-is-selling-them-harder/ar-AA1dR3zs?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=d36b34d851b44c75bec36b6986b02776&ei=116

Seems like we’re safe for now .. until September?

Customers have panned the high cost Lightning. Loss of $58k per vehicle just got way bigger. After debuting with a surprisingly low sub-$40k price tag (at least for the work-focused Pro model), the Ford F-150 Lightning has been treated to a host of... — read more 

It is unbelievable how many open positions are there on Ford careers website and many of them even open for visa sponsorship. On top of that several companies are contacting on W2 positions at Ford. Pretty sure at least half of the laid off folks can... — read more 

2000-2007, I remember the comments well, including "Ford, where finding a job is job one." Ford claimed that it infringed a trademark slogan "Ford, where quality is job one," So they get all the negative comments they get on this site, even those... — read more 

This group is costing Ford $3 Billion per year, with zero results to show for that. Now that FLV has been publicly exposed as someone not in his right mind, is it time to admit this group has been floundering with no real mission or purpose? I’m... — read more 

A group of us have been pondering how Ford went off its rails post Mulally. We have centered on four things. Are we just jaded? Do we need new leadership? Leadership not respecting or understanding the efforts required to engineer and produce a... — read more 

Will FLVs court appearance make front page news on @Ford website? I've seen much smaller and less significant news make it to the homepage. This story on the otherhand is huge Ford news.

Given the recent events at Ford and the desire to attract and retain the very best outside talent, should HR offer a Ford-backed bail bonds service for executives and select employees?

It's almost as if Ford is rewarding this behavior.

When should we mark our calendars for the next layoffs? Anyone smells anything afoul? Would they further reduce ADAS, cloud, enterprise etc?

Just saw an in depth story on the FLV situation on local 4 5pm news with Rod Meloni. Takeaways: FLV headbuttted his wife Ford officially stated FLV is still employed by the company Please add additional bullet points as required.

They used to post in every negative thread. It's been several days without their nonsense. Could it be that with quality still in the toilet, EV sales down significantly, pending lawsuits from former customers and employees, layoffs of some the best... — read more 

No amount of quality training will instill this, it either requires it to already be an innate trait or a lot of mentoring (which in today's climate is a large burden on the mentor). HR needs to look beyond GPA's and level of education. Rant switch... — read more 

Yes There is no conflict of interests (working for a competitor, a supplier, or generally in the automotive field). No internal Ford information is disclosed to the "back up" company (secret, confidential or just internal communications can be... — read more 

I am so disgusted right now, I feel nothing but contempt for the greedy executives and their minions. I have an LL5 friend who is by the way a top performer... He was let go a few days ago just 10 months shy of 55. I know he was not the only one... — read more 

Getting rid of the experienced people not looking so good now.

Even LL5 and LL6 amongst the one laid off over the past 2 weeks and leaders will not confirm that the layoffs are over now! What were your experiences? How to move on?!?

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2023/07/13/ford-to-seek-flexible-ev-production-in-contract-talks-with-uaw/70409427007/ I hope it sinks the company!

Ford executives secretly drive Corvettes!

Details of police report revealed for first time. FoMoCo confirms FLV on leave. https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2023/07/13/ford-executive-louis-victor-hermes-arrest/70407572007/

More evidence that consumers are walking away from Ford EV's. $1500 of $88,000 won’t convince customers. But Farley says “ build more” units. Deeper down the rabbit hole. After debuting to much fanfare and many reservations, the Ford F-150... — read more