Like actually stupid. I’m younger than most of you all, but I just have to get this off my chest. It just feels like everyone is full of cynicism and missing logic. I feel like I am walking around people that are just pretending to know what they are doing. I know it sounds like I’m being mean, but I’m not trying to. I just feel like the people that really go hard for this company are sort of cringe… I can’t find a better word for it. Sometimes reading instant messages or hearing them talk makes me shudder my shoulders before I continue the conversation. I don’t know who to share this with because everyone around me can’t relate so I’m just getting this off my chest here. This can’t be what life looks like after college. I think I’m sort of seeking guidance or maybe even a reality check, I’ve been here for a fat minute though and I don’t see my feelings changing. Is it the department I’m in? What are some options I have regarding this. I can’t go on validating people’s gossip where they think they are right while making jokes that make no sense, it only shows that they are incompetent on the subject. Stuff like that really makes the shoulder start shrugging because it’s like a pack of stupid people laughing in large groups. As I write this I’m starting to think it is maybe more scary than annoying. I know people make jokes and insults about ford here anonymously but I’m genuinely looking to connect and hear if someone out there can relate to my experiences I’m going through. I don’t think I’m all that smart, but I don’t think I’m like all these people I deal with on a day to day. Is it a personality here? Very dry with little culture. I don’t know what it might be. It could be they have less diversity in life experiences maybe. They seem fake though always talking about each other. Also, I’m not talking about DEI or skin color… i am meaning personality wise. This is turning into a very long rant so I’m going to end it here. I think I’m just not feeling like I fit in without lying to everyone around me like everyone else. I’m having trouble being fake. People here come across as envious or jealous making jokes about other people that may be different and it feels like small indirect jabs. I don’t know why I feel this way. It seems like people can’t accept they aren’t all that and so to cope they prevent others from outshining here. It’s very cut throat like a popularity contest, sort of a middle-school-esque vibe? But not in real life, like the ones in the tv shows growing up. Stuff like mean girls. Maybe it’s just me
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"I’m wondering if your comment is a joke itself to play into the stupidly she was talking about"
She? The op didn't identify gender, and this is an anonymous board so how do you know? Or are you actually the op, trying to make it look like you aren't alone in this? 🤔
Honestly, attacking OP’s grammar or writing style instead of objectively addressing their points is a bit childish. OP openly expressed feeling disconnected, frustrated, and genuinely seeking advice—not ridicule. If you’re positioning yourself as mature and professional, why focus on trivial criticisms rather than engaging with the core issues raised? True maturity doesn’t involve grasping at straws or feeling threatened by honest criticism. If you’re secure in your professionalism, why take personal offense? Remember, lions don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep—so maybe ask yourself why OP’s honest feelings triggered such a defensive reaction.
"Is it just me or are the people in this company slow?
Like actually stupid"
Yep, poor sweet op. Came in super nice and received backlash. Good life lesson for our little intern.
A lot of people are we-ponizing ‘professionalism’ to mask manipulation and that needs to be called out.
The irony is palpable—@OP pours out what’s clearly a cry for connection or clarity about a workplace gut-feeling, and folks turned it into a literacy roast. The writing wasn’t perfect, but the frustration felt real. Some of us do feel like we’re orbiting people who act competent but operate in silos of mediocrity protected by in-jokes, passive groupthink, and zero accountability. And when you call that out—even anonymously—you get laughed at or labeled the problem. Maybe the real issue isn’t how OP wrote it, but why it hit so many nerves
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Tactically Left Discussion, Returned entitled
Linguistic SWAT just broke through the ceiling because someone wrote a paragraph without breaking it up 😂😂😂 I swear ford is like the show office
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Redo it to conform with the basics
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/writing-techniques/splitting-paragraphs/
Good luck!
You mean even stupider than you, who can't comprehend basic paragraph composition and readability, thus spewing out a wall of text? Elementary school stuff but still beyond your reach.
Yeah, that's gotta be pretty stupid.
Managers don’t want people who can show them up.
My advice is get out. You eventually start taking on characteristics of the org in order to survive, and it sounds like you do not want to be like them. Which is commendable, but that means you should plan your exit. Ford is deeply entrenched in its culture. The people we hire in externally may have niche talents but at the end of the day lack a diverse personality so you get further entrenched.
There's a whole group of flunkies that just moved on up and I'm like daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn how many days of d*ck su-king did that have to do with their LL5 and was it like a pre-/post-work thing that got them there.
I know it’s not really a competition, but people always say how bad other blue car company’s environment is, but even with the stacked ranking, I’ve personally never seen anyone in my department act that way. I think a lot of us actively try to help each other as much as possible since we all collectively dislike the policy of being pitted against one another, but we also dislike management for it, depending on how good your manager is of course. During previous evaluations, if we had issues with one another or negative feedback, we said it face to face, and none of it was really ‘bad’, but we avoided it being used as a penalty by being written down on a permanent record.
If you’re young, I’m assuming FCG? I’m not super familiar with the workings of the program, but the scenarios would be riding it out, then evaluating if that’s where you wanna stay upon graduating the program, or staying, but maybe you’d just have to do whatever you see as the strategic moves everyday, but might also be unhappy with yourself. Personally, I’m terrible at lying, not a skill I ever acquired, but I’m also on the spectrum, so maybe it comes easier to you. If you feel it violates your integrity as a person, or your ethics, I personally wouldn’t see it worth it, but I don’t have a gauge to know what degree you’re talking about.
Thanks. So how can we make the situation better? Any suggestions? I feel like I have to play some sort of game here to get a promotion. I’m losing pride in my work. Doesn’t seem like it matters. I’m feeling loss. Maybe I need therapy ah😭. My mind is just now letting me be like them, it goes against my values of not cutting corners and deserving things. Gaming the system is not productive to my self development either. I feel like I’d be good at it though… just feels dishonest. Any more insights? Thank you!
Yep that's Ford. The reason it feels so pervasive is because it is. Ford goes out of its way to hire and promote clueless people and then sideline or get rid of smart people. Yes there are marauding bands of middle school bullies that roam the office looking to destroy anyone they think could be of competition to them. The best you can do is hide.