Nobody is safe. These will be three very long days.

I doubt there's the IM/Meeting with your manager. Is it just a call from your agency person?

Ford Team, As you know, we are in the midst of a significant transformation of our company. Our industry and the business environment in which we operate are changing with breathtaking speed. We have an opportunity to lead this exciting new era of... — read more 

Be happy that you got cut now. The sooner in your career the better it is?

The rounds of agency cuts this year weren’t covered, so nothing to report here either

My coworker got let go at 8 am. Anyone else?

If 3,000 people will be laid off in the next three days, what about the remaining 5,000? I was hoping the leadership would at least have the decency to do this all at once since they left us in limbo to stress and worry for over a month. Now you're... — read more 

I have a routinely scheduled 1:1 with my LL6 this week. Been here less than 6 months. What LL does the firing? Could this be an opportunity for it to occur?

Email from bill and Jim this morning confirms position eliminations this week. 2000 salaried and 1000 agency head reductions. US, Canada, FBS India. Expect redeploys and separations.

Call me crazy, but I'm happy we'll finally know if we're leaving or staying. I don't have anything scheduled for now but even if I do get a call I'll be okay with it. Anything is better than the he-l of the past several weeks and not knowing what's... — read more 

A certain LL3 who shall remain nameless has 17 15-minute calls scheduled tomorrow. If I wasn’t one of them, I might have actually felt sorry for the poor ba----d…

Layoffs are supposed to start tomorrow, we're about to lose thousands of employees supposedly to save costs and yet we are still hiring. Dozens of jobs, if not more, have been posted on LinkedIn in the last seven days. Shouldn't we have a hiring... — read more 

Some engineers may not get new positions in mechanical engineering in the Automotive domain. It’s time to rethink your careers.

Does tenure even matter? Less than a year of being hired on, and I’ll likely be let go this week.

Young guys think twice before doing engineering and think three times before working in Automotive. I am 39 and already have plans to leave. I am already not looking to grow in this trash field. I did 12 years of school (BS,MS,PHD) and best in what... — read more 

I am sick of all the recalls at Ford lately. Why can’t we make quality cars like Honda does. Just need to be as good not better….we already lost in the sedans segment by Accord and civic. Now the new crv 2023 is a lot netter than the escape. Why. Why... — read more 

For those who may be leaving soon, there is a webinar recording on Leaving Ford on the myfordbenefits site. It's mostly targeted at retirees, but there's information for others as well such as what to do with your lease vehicle. It was done in May... — read more 

I guess not everything is bad lol. In an interview, JF has addressed the awful dealership experience people nowadays have to go through when they make the d-mb life mistake of purchasing a car of any kind. In case you have not bought a car in the... — read more 

At least previous layoff rounds had titles – SRD, Way Forward, etc. This time the layoffs are not even justified with a name. Here’s a start: FU in 22.

Bye Bye everybody. Just received a Private appointment from my manager for tomorrow morning for 15 minutes. Meeting discription only 1:1. It is all over for me. Time to start anothrt chapter in my life. Goodluck everyone. I will miss all my Ford... — read more 

Spoke to some drunk execs at the cruise yesterday who weren’t too shy about discussing the layoff. It will start tomorrow and go until Thursday. How many people have you heard so far? I hope I am safe

Why does Ford always need announcements to show the world what new direction it’s going. Spinning shiny and new products must be a lot easier than engineering them.

How much does your pension go up?

Way to go Ford: https://www.thestreet.com/technology/ford-dealt-a-huge-blow

Let's say your close to a milestone (weeks / months away from a pension milestone for example). Has anyone negotiated successfully to have things rounded up in the employees favor?

IMHO, EVs are a Pet Rock -Shiny Object. Things never advertised about them: Diving range and charge times in hot and cold weather (significant differences), Avg. insurance cost increase of 25% vs ICE vehicles. Battery replacement costs of -10k -15k... — read more 

He's been bringing in his buddies for months now, and just made a slew of new announcements regarding former co-workers coming to Ford in leadership roles So for you Dougie fanboys, if you were already here when he arrived, guess what, he doesn't... — read more 

Just the threat of layoffs has improved productivity as the majority of those who were phoning it in are now going above and beyond in hopes of making themselves seem indispensable. You must have noticed this as well. I don't think many of them... — read more 

No conf rooms available in AEC and PDC on 8-22, 8-23 and 8-24. All conf rooms available starting 8-25. On these 3 days they must be using these Conf rooms as sl------r house to make the dreaded phone calls. Good Luck everyone.

Ford NA is losing a high percentage of the new people they want keep and the “legacy people who do not have the skills and are not trainable” are staying. Go to CDSID and do a search for employee type I. The top floor at WHQ is panicked, they have... — read more 

Isn’t it the time?

I have this from very reliable sources that the carnage will start on 8-22 and go on through the week. Also, there is an all-hands private meeting scheduled on certain E-dept people on 8-30 morning. I think I am on the chopping block.

It's become difficult to remain professional and focused even while doing minimal amount of work. Somehow it seems to me that I was less anxious during the cuts in 2008. These layoffs will have a terrible effect on morale. Even those who survive... — read more 

It's been 4 weeks since Jim Farley did his little video message saying it is 'unfortunate' that the media is speculating about layoffs at Ford. In the next breath, he confirmed that there will be layoffs at Ford. He acknowledged the stress this is... — read more 

The supervisors cannot afford to lose their best employees. I hope they will give away the slackers this time. Once, you are relieved you have all day to go out and discuss about yard work, road trips, etc . Which you have been doing on company time... — read more 

So many posts from people who are destroying their health by stressing over layoffs 24/7. You shouldn't be doing that to yourself. There are plenty of things you can do to prepare in case your name is on the list. That's where I've been pouring my... — read more