Thread regarding Ford layoffs

@OP Does the same rules apply to the Pathetic Board of Directors, Jim Farley and Doug Fields? Because what makes people really sick is the compensation The BOD & Senior management recieve and no one in the Press or Wall Street question why they id--ts deserve this? I look at the companies (Investment banks) and say to myself. If I see the numbers and results and you do too. Then why would I trust you with my money?

As an LL manager, forced ranking is happening and has been for 2 years now and it's getting worse now.

PIPs aren't really a thing anymore. If you get inconsistent 2 PRs in a row (including mid year), HR will ask your boss if it's time to get rid of you. No extra paperwork required. Of all the processes in this company, that's apparently the one they chose to streamline.

@en culture of fear and performance…. Like being raised in an Asian American family

I don't know how long workers will take this... Maybe if these so called leaders were a little more empathetic to workers Fords quality would improve. I only see going down hill from here.

If this hasn't given you all the signal that its time to leave, I don't know what will. Stay at your own risk to your career and sanity. You will not change the "culture" if that's what you call it...made up term anyway. You will not motivate anyone to improve. The tone is set from the top and the overall numbers speak for themselves. Every time someone mentions culture, get ready for a line of BS to follow.

@ef

Séxual performance.

I’ll bet there is a lot of that going on too.

Here are the things you are rated on:

Age
Race
National origin
Citizenship
Gender
Gender identity
S-xual preference
Badge swipes
Job performance

In all seriousness, this should be illegal. This isn’t about performance. It’s about cheating employees out of their livelihood under the guise of performance. So the company doesn’t have to pay severance. Executive level saves the shareholders and board money as opposed to a layoff. They use those savings for their golden parachutes after the next regime changeover. A consultancy then plants them in a similar role to do similar cost savings in another company. Rinse and repeat.

In general performance is about: Quality, Cost and Time-to-market. At Ford, it is FnF.

As a manager, forced ranking is real…

Let’s place BF, JF, DF, and the BOD through forced ranking and fire those who fall within not meeting expectations. One small problem - We would need ALL new leadership.

@bn NO IT DIDNT

Well then they better be ready for quality he-l

I guess radical candor didn't work.

Forced ranking of 15-20% inconsistent for both performance and behavior regardless of actual performance. MJ forced ranking.

Beware, sarcasm ahead: It's always the fault of the employees in the trenches when a company is failing.

Now, back to your regular scheduled program: Leadership (aka Manglement) is never held accountable for their bad decisions. If and when they get kicked to the curb, they are guaranteed that golden parachute. That's because they really don't care and they still get paid while the rest of us might get a few weeks of pay and unemployment. In the meantime, manglement, goes to another company and wrecks them too.

The minute you hear a PIP mentioned or anything resembling it, you'll need to start looking hard. You should be doing this already.

Get ready for the massive PIP's that will be handed out over the next few months. About all this leadership is good for is following some half-baked consultancy strategy directive after an off-site and then we-ponizing performance metrics to fire employees.

These people su-k and have no vision. They come from the same incestuous lizard people pool of McKinsey/BCG c-suite candidates. A parasite on the American workforce with the intention to just su-k all the life and money out of hardworking individuals.

All leaders who have direct reports with a “Not Met” , then they should also get “Not Met” because as a leader your main job is to LEAD your employees to do better.

DF, BF, JF and mostly all executives should be labeled as failing to meet and deliver results.

Shameless to see that not even one of these JF, DF , MJ out yet!!

even after burning billions and firing hardworking employees and bannng them for life from re-hire.
Such a shameless place of work !!

Feel sorry for those who are on line of fire and yet working their a-s off hopeing some miracle to save them.

So they set the direction we must follow- regarless of how stupid...we must fall in line and comply. Their plan fails, so automatically we are the fault when their plan was id--tic to begin with? Even if we perform flawlessly in the small space we control, we still fail. This type of logic really puts on display the stupidity of our leadership.

Is anyone at all surprised by this...anyone?

1. FNV4
2. Google Workspace
3. Echo Show
4. Microsoft Phone

These are the failed products of the head of Digital Product Design. Can’t wait ‘til the next fireside chat where they gloat about their failed hobbies and how they almost sniffed a fa-t from Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos. Talentless hacks.

I wonder if that same standard applies to BF, JF AND DF? Unlike the Free Press who give them a pass or Wall Street who are afraid to ask obvious questions Ford has underperformed for sometime. Their market share and volumes decline. But the "CLUELESS" management team continue to blame workers and tariffs for their poor decisions.
There is no vision or plan .. just unrealistic BS. How in the world does a guy like JF justify a $20mn+ bonus in stock options with the way the company is performing? Before I hear that "CR-P" about well he is setting the company up for the future or BF says this is the best management team he has ever seen really? What future? Rolling out product that no one wants or is too expensive and BF,, This is the same guy who was fired by his own family in 06 ,, In comes Alan.. So BF maybe Mr Rourke and wear his white suit on fantasy island .. but your company is in serious decline.