Layoffs won’t stop, at least throughout the week, I believe everybody is aware of that. Any word who could be hit today? Any specific locations or a certain type of employees that could be hit the most today?

I empathize with those who are losing their jobs, but folks have to understand this whole industry is facing a cliff. Ford and GM may not even be able to muster the strength to compete in the age of autonomous vehicles. Cutting jobs to keep the ship... — read more 

has your manager brought up at a team meeting that they would not suggest posting on this board

With the voluntary retirements last year I took on more work. Worked to improve and managed workload. Still cannot keep up. HELL WILL FREEZE OVER before I take in any additional work due to these layoffs. I used to hate hearing "not my job" or being... — read more 

Not my post, source below... Not in Germany (based in the UK) but can tell you a bit about the FoE situation. Voluntary separation (including early retirement) was offered last year and apparently it went OK (i.e. enough volunteers) in the UK but... — read more 

Was shocked to receive a package today, since I thought I would be safe since I'm relatively young and not on pension plan. Noticed that a lot of the others in my finance department were the doers rather than the talkers that got packages... — read more 

Seems like marketing is being mostly spared. It’s amazing how times have changed - it used to be more budget was put towards engineering (product/manufacturing) and then IT but it’s now all about marketing. I guess that makes sense in this digital... — read more 

Team leadership, One moment just think before you decide anyone, the guy worked for more than 10 years for a company and out performed, offered ford employment after 3 member ford leadership panel, being top rated and got highest incentive pay being... — read more 

A group of folks I worked with in IT was let go today. So much talent was lost and it’ll be almost impossible to rebuild. We should all ask ourselves if this company is going to be able to make it going forward. If the cuts stop, maybe but if there... — read more 

I was there in 08, and felt relieved after the all clear. Got the all clear today and felt nothing, dead serious, nothing. Anybody feel the same? I don't know if it was all the delays, the BS huddles, etc, but I did not feel relieved, or happy... — read more 

.. and is on the hit list? They will welcome him/her with the gift the first day after he or she is back? Boy would that s--- - getting fired right after a vaction.

Thanks for catching us off guard. They said IT will be in June, and we lost at least 25+ in the LL ranks. One person was even walked out, contrary to the article. So whatever was said was a lie... And don't even get started on Fords cultural training... — read more 

FCA will start hiring 5000 positions for the $2.5 Billion plants in Detroit. Apply online.

Yep. Someone... Ford.... is deleting posts... I just posted about for salary to unionize and within 2 minutes it was gone!

After the smart redesign is over why not give Ford what they deserve. The one thing we as salaried dont do is stick together! Let's get back what we deserve! Not sure if people with less years are aware of this or not... but a long time ago at Ford... — read more 

Kumar's message made it sound like IT would have to wait until June, but I see some in IT are already going through SRD. Are some IT orgs done, or are they just spreading out the pain to see who breaks under the pressure?

I've been at Ford for previous layoffs (e.g., Way Forward), but I sense a big difference this time. In those previous layoffs, it was tough, but those of us who remained generally agreed it was usually the low performers, deadwood, hard to get along... — read more 

Most of the layoffs that I heard about in I.T. (No, we were not spared until next month) were not the "dead weight" you expect to see let go but some of Ford's more talented people. How is that Smart? Ford has people that browse Facebook all day but... — read more 

Everyone in my department (about 40 people) received an email this morning, including contractors, to attend separate meetings, to learn where, who, and what they would be working on. Except two purchased service employees, including myself. Expect... — read more 

are they done? were their layoffs bigger than ours? who was targeted, pretty much the same?

It looks like layoffs.com supports text formatting using markdown protocol. Lets keep things tidy. INDENT: A > at the beginning of a line will indent things or quote it. BULLETS: A dash at the start of a line will create a bullet. BOLD/ITALIC: Start... — read more 

They should not be able to throw out senior employees like old dish rags Time to Unionize or this cycle will continue It won’t stop layoffs from happening but there will be an increased chance of fairness

How long is everyone allowed to keep their car? If you have an incremental lease, do you have to turn it in ASAP?

The definition of Insanity - trying the same thing over and over again expecting different results

It’s easy. Stop buying ford trucks. They really are not worth it in the end. Take a long look at your personal balance sheet. Your vehicle is nothing but a debt. No value. We

It looks like that today is the day when workers were hit with the sad truth. Ford, as we know it, and as we remember it is no longer a living entity. There is something that bares the same name, but has little to do with the company we enjoyed... — read more 

Ford is not complete with the SRD. There is no announcement for blue collar workers layoffs. 7000 salary cut isn't enough to save the company financially. There will be more cuts, but Ford CEO is not telling the employees or the public.

Steals and/or hogs credit Gives no recognition Micromanages Overly controlling with significant lack of trust Nepotism / Favoritism Lack clarity of thought and/or direction Not or rarely available Shows no compassion or empathy Does not listen, does... — read more 

If someone told me it would end like this 14 years ago, I would call that person crazy. A company I gave my best years to screwed me over when I needed security the most in my life, 4 years away from my pension. Walking the extra mile all these years... — read more 

Powertrain Manufacturing Dept Smart Redesign in NA is complete. Just received the email notice. Europe, China, South America hasn't started yet per email notice

Windering if these layoffs are targetting employees who still have a pension, and keeping those without.

Just wondering if Ford gave any kind of severance package to the laid off workers or did they just get the boot.

When GM has layoffs at least their increasing stock price signals the market believes they have a chance at righting the ship......our Ford layoffs today stock price starts in the dumps and somehow finds a way to go lower in the dumps....who actually... — read more 

if people let go could just post here. Maybe number years with company and how many they know at there level were let go. Probably can’t put area not sure if that would be allowed. See if could get more accurate number

Finding a new job is never easy, I know that. But, if common sense serves me, the market should be flooded with ex-automotive workers.Almost any automotive company laid of a fair amount of employees this year. Are we really getting laid off in the... — read more