Thread regarding Ford layoffs

It is interesting that the majority of Ford employees who can work from home want it to be a permanent situation. I had wondered how LL6 and LL5 would adapt as both are micromanagers who did the hourly cube walk by to see what reports are doing. While in the office it was hilarious as people notified their friends the cube walk was starting and everyone made sure to be seen “working”.

The LL6 adapted by sending eight “random” IMs daily that if we don’t respond immediately to we aren’t working and have to explain. Except for every Wednesday and Friday which are clearly his Ford paid Home Depot and Lake days.
What is super annoying is that when I am deep into problem solving or coding my eyes miss the IM notification so I am getting dinged, while the people doing nothing but waiting for an IM to pop up are getting rewarded. SMH
Why do we have all these bonehead LL6 and LL5? They could all be replaced with software tracking who is actually working. It is not like they are inspiring anyone to work. They are major demotivators

Closely watching what happens with WFH, simultaneously looking for better gig

You will be glad to know Ford employees get a 25% discount on Steelcase office furniture for their home

More important, how many Ford salary employees will be working from boat at Jobbie Nooner on June 26th?

@4sej+15iOXP00 Any openings in FordX? I need a job with low work load / accountability. What is FordX? Is it another chimney someone built to keep doling out those E band positions?

My manager at Ford X says there will be no office until 2021 at the earliest. This is great news because I can do everything asked of me in less than ten hours a week, so I’ll be spending most of the weekdays on my boat in Lake St Clair to avoid the weekend traffic. Thanks, Covid-19!

According to the Huddle, second wave will return September and the third wave in beginning of 2021.

As far as the office remodeling, that is starting back up. Due to the virus concerns the open office architecture will be changed to a contemporary design that better socially isolates the employees. The new layout has not been shared yet. Additionally, offices with the new open architecture layout will be upgraded again with the new plan in the future.

My prediction is 20-30% will never go back to the office. Webex meeting invite, services no longer required.
I also predict they will spend millions of dollars remodeling the just remodeled buildings, force all remaining employees to return to the office, then find that the employees despise the office remodel. They will then spend millions more on office design consultants and remodeling and shuffling employees again. Meanwhile all the talented employees will have quit.

My prediction since the beginning of this still stands, end of year if we even go back to the office this year. My co workers at the time were predicting July/August. Looks like so far they lost that bet since management said September at earliest.

Ha Ha. I have been wondering this about many of my coworkers for years.

They planned parties, potluck lunches, employee club meetings and other oh so productive activities while we were in the office. Now they collect and publish pictures of everyone’s pets and yards in newsletters. They write poems about working from home and share their poems, recipes and pictures multiple times a day. My boss shares a picture of the tshirt she is wearing each day. We all feel obliged to make favorable comments on her tshirt. Many of us wonder this high school?

For remote workers, as of today, September would be the earliest.

Not sure on your situation, or what you mean by "back to work". If you have not been "working remotely", can't answer that. If you mean "a building" that is still out a few months. Unless you need access to special equipment.... can't imagine who would be excited to: stand in line to get screened into a building, sit in a hot office at your desk all day -socially distancing - masked up all day; not to mention the biohazard bathroom
situation somehow makes you more productive - have at it. Probably will be mostly by yourself as working from home you won't have any of that hassle. Unless of course you are one of the no work sycophants that depends on daily backstabbing and brown nosing, well I suppose they would put up with anything.