Mary Barra at GM has 1,325,189 followers and our own Jim Farley has 20,496.
Why do you think that is and what does that mean to Ford?
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For same reason the Ford board is very active on this site - the toxic Ford culture and leaders.
Why is GM lay-off board less active than Ford? Could it a proxy for relative job satisfaction and relative respect for leadership? Why are Hyundai, Honda, Toyota, etc boards even less active than Ford and GM?
Oh wait we have pulse surveys to tell leadership how great they are.
And according to the last pulse survey our CEO is the most handsome, most intelligent, most talented car guy CEO of all. Go Jimmy HarHar Go
I heard Farley has more Twitter followers and is more in touch with millennials..
GM employee here. MTB is a celebrity in the business world which is why she is bigger on social media. I find many faults with her and the social justice stuff is getting eye rolling ridiculous inside the company these days. However, I have to give her credit for running the business effectively...especially if you look back at the ignition switch fiasco that was raging when she took over. Since then it’s been solid profits and well designed vehicles. She also got us out ahead on EVs for the most part...still some hiccups there. I know EVs are controversial but they are where the entire industry is headed like it or not.
I look at Farley and the guy just seems....goofy. He seems obsessed with everyone knowing that he’s a car guy which comes off as insecure. I don’t see what he brings to the table. However, many people thought MTB was a lightweight when she took over too. Time will tell.
How can it be possible? I think GM started identifying as a tech company before F. GM has a big team out in the valley at Cruise for some time but maybe Ford does too..... I'm just an innocent bystander who thinks EV's are a big political scam that are worse for the environment than ICE engines.
I think GM has more cred than Ford due to Cruise and some of their other FM JV's than Ford does..... but maybe you can talk to some of your silicon valley contacts and see what they think of Ford compared to GM when they aren't busy censoring free speech or implementing the dark medical/industrial technocracy of the future.
Let's not forget that Farley has been CEO for a couple months. Barra has been around for years. Farley may not reach her level of social media followers, but it will be more of a fair comparison in a few years.
You guys (and gals) are all missing the most important thing here: in comparison to Elon Musk, it doesn’t matter what MB or JF are doing. Neither MB or JF can compare to the genius behind Elon. Unfortunately, Ford and GM won’t survive. GM might last a bit longer, but eventually they will go under.
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How can it be possible for GM be closer to Silicon Valley than Ford? Ford identifies as a technology company, not a vehicle manufacturer. Does Silicon Valley not see Ford in that view?
Because people outside of the auto industry can tell the difference between substance and hot air.
Everyone outside the auto industry (and many within) recognized Hackett for what he was.
Just like they can distinguish the difference between MB and JF.
mtb and GM have stronger ties to the social media and silicon valley than the other detroit car companies and execs so more lefty linked in social media ties
because.......diversity and inclusion and green and obama and social justice and support the dreamers..... all themes I heard about from mtb while I worked at GM....
hard to say for sure which ceo's really buy into the woke stuff and which ceo's only do it because of the pressure/blackmail of the woke left but my impression of mtb is she really buys into it..... which makes the story of the black media execs calling her a racist more ironic
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/30/group-of-black-owned-media-companies-claim-racist-general-motors-ceo-mary-barra-ignoring-them/
Mary Barra is an intelligent, accomplished and interesting woman. She is not a “chick”.
Mary Barra is an interesting person, people want to know her. Jim Farley is a self absorbed egomaniac, not going to be a savior for Ford because he has been here for over a decade being part of the problems, bringing no new solutions.
Because GM is trying its hardest to use her as an example of why it isn't what it really is.