So many posters are unhappy with Ford's management, culture, or products. Why continue to work at Ford? There are so many other places hiring. Why complain when you can move and try to be happier?
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Ford was a good employer when I started working there 30-plus years ago. Mismanagement by the likes of Jacques Nasser, Bill Ford, Jim Hackett and Jim Farley has made it impossible for me to say that any longer. The only factors keeping me from leaving are the pension and the five weeks of paid vacation I get every year.
None of your d---- business!!
I work @ Ford because, As Agency, I'm capped at 40 hours a week. This allows me to have a work/life balance. I can make more money in other companies, but that would mean more work hours, maybe working nights or weekends.
I am not expecting to last much more in this company, with the coming layoffs and all. Right now, I am trying to deal with some personal issues, before I get the boot. The idea is to get all my things in order, so I can look for the next job.
Well, when you are paid a pretty generous pay rate, you can let a lot of the BS ride until
you find a position with equivalent/better pay/benefits.
Ford will also put people in engineering positions without the correct background or degree, so you have a high earning potential while not technically being qualified. This probably answers the reason for a lot of the “recall of the week” posts. Relying on Suppliers to be the actual engineers while the “D&R’s/Apps engineers” are merely program managers.
@1wzp+1f4ymGjj Exactly.
LMAO when a 25 year Ford employee quit his new job after two weeks because horror of horrors they expected him to work 8-5 MTWTF with a 30 minute lunch and to actually be accountable and produce results. His feelings were also hurt because his new supervisor was disappointed with his skill level given he had 25 years of experience.
He was one of those who maybe worked 8 hours a week at Ford.
Where else can you earn six figures for doing perhaps 10-15 hours of actual work per week? Take a good look at how many ACTUAL hours you are doing real work per day - be honest, maybe 2 hours per day of productive work?
Yeah my reply was censored. Weird because all it did was praise my coworkers. Unless the nickname I used for Bill is what did it. Weird. This site is an enigma.
4 replies? There were 6 yesterday!
Yes, to maximize the pension, plus it is much harder in your 50's to find a job then in your 20's or 30's. You advice is solid for younger people, they really should not stick around if they don't like it, as you don't have a 25 to 30 year pension to look forward to when they retire. For those of us that have one, somehow managing to gut it out until the 30 year mark could mean not having to work at all once you leave.
However, if things get much worse I will look for another job and when I find it, then I will retire. By worse I mean if they string together 4 quarters of losing real money and zero positive revenue stream overall each quarter, then you better believe I would really leave and take the pension in cash to make sure I get it all.
It used to be a good company when I started 20 plus years ago. Now I am just riding it out for my pension but hating every day of it.
Pension
You can ask that question for every organization on this website.