Nails it!
"The company discriminates against older workers, outsources U.S. jobs, favors unqualified employees, and prioritizes H-1B hiring for lower-cost labor."
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@eh And you know this how? No,it was because I had pension.
"age discrimination class-action lawsuits filed"
Coming.
I started when Red Polling was CEO and I took an early retirement via a buyout. At the time I figured it was my best option given that I fit the demographic SG8 and over 55 even though I had 2 high achiever PR' out of my last 5.
This has been a not-so-secret policy of Ford throughout my time at Ford. They have had several age discrimination class-action lawsuits filed against them over the years, but I only remember one that was successful 4 or 5 years ago. I'm sure their legal beagles fixed that loophole, and Ford will continue to use their policy of targeting older, higher cost workers for separation without consequence.
On the other side of this, If you are nearing 50 and have been at a company for 3-5 years already, be very careful how you spend the remaining years of your career. I mean how long you stay. You have a limited time to secure your future and if you are going to make a move you need to do it with purpose and not settle. If you remain a W2 employee and are 50+ you really need to be deliberate. If you are going to change jobs, make sure you are walking into a situation that gives you an unfair advantage over younger more erratic, unstable employees. Market that. Yes there are still employers who need tried and true people who have a long and distinguished "credit history" of delivering. Automotive? They will not care as demonstrated by their lack of ability to plan long term and erratic market reactions and having no moat when it comes to Chinese competitors. Trust them with your future at your own peril and the peril of your dependents.
Age discrimination is rampant, I experienced it during an interview with a competing company. I filed a complaint with the state I lived in and initially the case worker supported my case, they soon changed and the company in question provided fake interview feedback and effectively I got nothing but further humiliation. The case worker became very rude and nasty.
I now avoid the said company and would never apply there again.
The stealth ageism is hard to navigate as well. I really don’t have a solution other than reinventing yourself. Not easy 50+
The ongoing "debate" Ford leadership is having about depending more on Chinese batteries to power the hybrids is precisely the reason Ford will become (if not already) an unreliable and unstable employer in the next 3-5 years. Plan your careers accordingly kids, there are no adults in the room in the executive suite and they have no idea what they are doing. They are flying by the seat of thier knickers and they give zero F's about you or your families.
@k8 How many people posting on here are wearing tin foil hats while posting do you think? I’d be willing to guess it’s not an insignificant percentage.
"My 17 y.o. Grandson has been a plumber apprentice during H.S., and has a full time high paying plumbing job waiting for him the day he graduates. With a fully stocked company truck. No AI can do it, no outsource to a call center can do it."
Would like to talk with him when he's 55 years old because unless he starts his own business it won't pleasant.
The best thing to do is leave this malaise and go learn a craft or a skill. Be a plumber, electrician, etc. Work with your hands. That’s where the jobs are. My 17 y.o. Grandson has been a plumber apprentice during H.S., and has a full time high paying plumbing job waiting for him the day he graduates. With a fully stocked company truck. No AI can do it, no outsource to a call center can do it.
You sound young and unfamiliar with how business sees this. What you call "taking food off a plate" is you being the mediocrity they are looking for at the right price, or "good enough". You aren't storming in anywhere and emitting dominant behavior. You are being selected because of your lower tier quality and pay demand. Thats the draw, not some illusion of tenacity you display by accepting a lower salary and being mistreated or disrespected.
I retired over 3 years ago and took my pension as a lump sum, invested it wisely, and watch it continue to grow. What was really interesting is that my upper management asked me to come back and keep working before I left.
When someone has diverse skills, experience, and can get along with everyone, of course they need and want you. It has absolutely nothing to do with age!
I look at these posts and laugh. I also laugh all the way to the bank with the fantastic paycheck I still keep getting!!!
Welcome to the digital waiting room of corporate despair, where a collection of disenfranchised former Ford employees has gathered to perform the world’s saddest circular firing squad. There are "investigative" geniuses claiming the site is tracking them like a high-stakes thriller, it’s a miracle anyone finds time to update their LinkedIn. While one guy is busy hallucinating a Ford bankruptcy and another is offering career coaching centered around rotisserie chickens in Dearborn, the rest are trapped in a feedback loop of misery, desperately searching for a "leadership chain" to blame for the fact that they've been replaced by a younger, cheaper version of themselves who actually knows how to use the "Reply" button without descending into 2005-era message board slurs.
@g1 a nice retirement somewhere warm
What are your plans after Ford bankruptcy ?
This has to be a response from an LL6 or LL5 or higher.... arrogant and lazy.
This site tracking.
You were not let go due to your age. Someone in your leadership chain had a problem with your job performance or did not like you.
I was cut from my position in Nov 2024 and they've posted it, word for word. I was 55 when I was cut. So yes, you are correct and the position remains open.
You can probably get a job placing those $6 chickens on the sp-t with bennies. Very juicy today, nothing better on a cold Dearborn day then a hot $6 chicken.
That’s true , if you are near 50 you will face it, they add few younger others in same layoff to show that it is not about age. Those younger ones joining at these times should also be aware that , the are just numbers!!!
Think about how low quality you have to be to let someone come from another country and take your job from you. I could walk right through your front door and take the food off your plate, then make you thank me for the privilege.
@cx I was not aware H1B people are that homophobic.
also, op is phaggit
It doesn’t nail it. It is false.
If true, why is Farley still CEO. Why not give it to Billy Jr? Farley and Field can go start a rocket company or something.
Ok boomer