RTO doesn't necessarily address most of Fords current problems. Ford has had quality and cost issues for a lot longer than the remote work policy. RTO is primarily a knee jerk reaction to persistent problems combined with local, state, and federal government pushing it for economic reasons. It's basically the equivalent of a manager walking into a work space and calling everyone out because of one worker that's sc--wing around. The biggest problem at Ford is management - the lack of leadership. Constant reorganizations, creating jobs to protect the top-heavy management teams jobs, and Ford is so busy reacting to it's competitors they can't possibly chart their own course. The overzealous investment in EV's and significant scaling back of ICE products followed by the current full power reversal is a testament to that. That's absolutely a leadership problem and no one else's. Ford needs to get back to doing what it did when it became a company - lead the industry.
An excellent post reposted from @shi+1r1cpp3P.