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I'm the OP. And I couldn't agree with you more.
When I was SIRP'd in 2022, the part that felt the most like a 'kick in the pants' was the part about never being allowed to work for Ford again. It even said something about working on Ford projects at other companies.
That last part always struck me as impossible to abide by if you were an auto industry worker. If my next job had been at any of the tier 1s, there's a strong chance that some project at some point in my employment there would have been for a Ford deliverable.
Restricting Ford from project work at other employers would make it very difficult to keep a job anywhere. And stating that in an interview would likely make me unhireable by most tier 1s.
I get why Ford does it - but I think it's bordering on making it significantly more difficult to get/maintain a job if you adhere to the letter of the contract.