I’ve watched managers deliberately sideline top performers because their success made the managers nervous. Literally. They’d rather keep control and mediocrity than promote someone who might overshadow them. It’s toxic and it drives good people out, but nobody gives a damn.
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My friend who never worked here watched the 2025 movie F1 and texted me saying it reminded him about Ford, he made it clear he was talking about the subtext of how younger talent was treated. pretending to mentor them, then growing tension, competing against, followed by rivalry, sabotage, and eventually exploitation or being silenced when they become a threat.
Nothing new. Watch for your manager to switch to another company before all his engineers are canned.
This has been happening in Dearborn with LL5, LL6 and supervision..
Mediocrity is live and well.
It's not as bad as having to clean cattle stockyards with your bare hands and no shovel. My bad. I thought that there was a difference.
Jim Ji Farley.
@c7 Fail up?
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I agree with you post except for JF. I do not think he is the best CEO for Ford. DF is. I am confident this change is coming sooner than we think.
@c0 The Red Bull class act*
@bx I agree. So, exactly when are "YOU" going to fire all of the LL3+'s PUOSU (Put up or shut...).
@bx Yeah man. Like if they want to fly and they are annoyed by that, they should just grow wings. We need more people like you to become lawmakers. I can picture you writing "no nonsense" legislation. The redbull act?
@by Oh. so that's what my coworkers, engineering manager, skip-level, tech leads were up to. I was wondering why my career was stagnant and my work was being misattributed. They "needed" me. I remember trying to leave once under hostile conditions. I was sold a dream to stay, which ended up being a lie to trick me out of my spot (leaving). Instead, they coordinated to discredit me. It was very strange. It's like they wanted to reframe the narrative. When they started coming at my character, the only thing that mattered was my dignity, which they held hostage of course as the holders of "authority". Perhaps my case isn't unique?
No. I will just continue doing next-to-no-work and rack up those paychecks. It's called "active disengagement". You should check it out sometime.
It's amazing how many people spend their days bi--hing about the things that annoy them rather than doing something about it.
@bh sarcasm post
@b3 keep drinking the kool aid.
So why are you still there? If it's that bad, leave. Or work to change it. Posting something on an anonymous board is not going to change anything. Trying taking some action.
I don’t agree, Ford is the best place I ever worked and even better than Apple my former employer. JF is the best CEO ever and DF is a genius. Ford Stock will be $200 a share when the new EV truck is shown.
But you get up in the morning and willingly go in everyday. You sadist.
Almost got it right. Nobody gives a damn about losing top performers especially if axing top performers is done to save their supervisory/LL/own A$$. Then it is just business as usual.
not disagreeing with your main point, but working in a restaurant was still worst for me so far
Ford Motor Co. operates like a communist regime, it ki-ls innovation and su-ks the soul from its people.