Noticed that Ford deployed some powerful piece of software to our machines called "EnCase Enterprise Agent". You can do your own research from here.
Is there anything known Ford was using collected data in the past to find a reason for laying of employees?
Yeah they have their own computer forensic team I think it's called eDiscovery or something. They are the ones that collect evidence that you have neen looking at p–n on your work computers or using your work computer to give competitors info. So no this software would be nothing new.
I was SRD'd last year and that final black day in the office, OGC emailed my boss "alleged" evidence I took secret company documents. Their evidence was a deck of paper an inch thick listing every email and keystroke I did, printed, saved to a USB, or sent to myself during that final week in the office.
The boss confronted me with it and threatened that if I refused to turn over to him all those corp "secret" docs and my USBs - then I forfeited my 30-yr pension, severance, and medical coverage. Sigh! Fortunately I wasn't too worried because the docs I wanted/saved to my USBs were simply pics of vacation trips, friends emails wishing me luck, my old PRs, pics of my pet cat, and all the stupid forms HR was emailing the 7,000 who had to leave Ford by Friday. So I let the boss look at my printed papers, and my USBs (to prove I hadn't taken anything that wasn't mine). He discovered what raised the OGC's hackels were my old PRs and the HR forms. OGC mistakenly believed my old PRs, and HR's separation forms / retirement option data / a Rt Mgmt contact name / NESC's phone number were all secret company docs. Oh please! The boss disagreed with the OGCs allegations, told them where to go, and I left an hour later with my USBs and pension intact.
So yes they use it. But if you're doing your job, is it really a big deal that mgmt may be tracking what you type, or what sites you visit?
I found the post strange and id–tic at the same time.
First, that software mentioned can indeed check for types of files and content on your work PC....but Ford has been doing that for years, this is nothing new. It also offers a method for tech support to support & work remotely on PC's for people that are not logged into the VPN. It can do many things...
The main reason this post is c-ap is because what evidence does Ford need to collect to layoff people? Unless you are a member of a union, you are an at will employee and Ford can lay anyone off at anytime...they don't need to "collect evidence". You simply have to fit the latest profile for reductions or be on someone's c-ap list (or both) - it is usually nothing personal, just business.
i looked at the app out of curiosity, some of the app files say last modified back in March 2019.