Another one bites the dust

Nicest way of saying your fired I have ever seen:

Ford has seen its fair share of executives opt to retire in recent years, a list that includes chief industrial platform officer Hau Thai-Ta-g, vice president, Ford Customer Service Division, Ford Blue Frederiek Toney, Ford Credit CFO Brian Schaaf, chief transformation and quality officer Stuart Rowley, Lincoln president Joy Falotico, vice president, India and South America Transformation Steven Armstrong, and vice president, Americas Manufacturing and Labor Affairs John Savona, to name a few. Now, we have yet another name to add to this list – veteran Ford executive Trevor Worthington, who plans to retire from the company at the end of this month.

Trevor Worthington joined Ford back in 1985 as part of the regional product-planning team in Australia, and has since held a number of roles at The Blue Oval since then, most recently serving as the company’s vice president of Ford Blue product programs. He led development of the all-new 2023 Ford Super Duty, Ford Ranger Raptor, and Ford Bronco Raptor, and also headed up product development for Ford Performance, placing a big role in the company’s decision to return to Formula 1 with Red Bull Racing, as well as Le Mans with the Mustang GT3.

“Trevor has always had a keen and evolving sense of what customers want – and, more importantly, what they don’t know that they want in a vehicle,” said Jim Baumbick, vice president, Ford Product Development Operations and Quality. “But what really set Trevor apart was his leadership. His ability to inspire and develop employees throughout his career has played an important role in keeping Ford at the front of the pack with an iconic, winning portfolio of products.”

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to work for Ford,” Worthington said. “It’s been a privilege – there’s a legacy of people I’ve worked with and mentored all over the world that I’m really proud of.”

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Transformation? What transformation, no is delivering any so-called digital products or subscriptions. Jae Park looks like he's ready for a stroke and FLV is in hiding.
Stop the b$, everyone knows whats going on, Farley is eliminating any threats and if you're part of the pension crowd you're also getting $crewed.
All I see are recycled decks of nonsense and no action.
BTW, more layoffs are coming, LL5s were asked to sign NDAs concerning upcoming terminations. Good luck.

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Agreed. I've been saying this often in forums and comment boards. Why current employees are not embracing the direction our leadership (some of the best in the business by the way) is taking the company is beyond me. It is like they aren't listening or they are not aligned to where the company is headed. Sad, really.

Ford is becoming a ward of the government. Ford is levered to the gills and using lobbyists to take tax payers money to pay for a pipe dream, all the while cutting US jobs while claiming to be adding them. What’s the tag line from WSJ — ‘Liar Liar another Ford is on fire’ ?

@2wki+1mccSD1e is right.

Shifting from the Old Guard and into a new era of leadership is necessary. It won't be easy for some of you.

Ford is becoming a Mobility and Tech company.

Trevor will fondly be remembered in Australia for leading the birth of the successful Ford Territory SUV

@2wki OOOOO MAN, you are funny! Go ahead, get rid of all the old timers. Then all you will have is this new leadership from tech companies like Facebook, Oracle, Microsoft, Dell, etc. trying to design and manufacture cars! HAHAHAHAHA. These guys were all the losers from those companies, not the cream of the crop. You should do standup in Vegas.

@2wki+1mccSD1e - fixed it for you
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Thankfully our new ranks of leadership REJECTS from the best tech companies are in a good place to PERSONALLY PROFIT while retirements side track progress of Ford+ company transformation. The 'old guard' is making way so more FOF (like me) can be promoted which is long overdue.
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Thankfully our new ranks of leadership from the best tech companies are in a good place to not have retirements side track progress of Ford+ company transformation. The 'old guard' is making way which is long overdue.

@1mct+1mccSD1e - your comment is spot on! it is sad to see colleagues die soon after retirement. There was one retired colleague I had lunch with recently (retired after 46 years) told me he wishes he can get the time back. He said "I have all the money I need to live, but I don't have much time to live"!!!!

@2npy+1mccSD1e - I don't understand your comment?

@2csm+1mccSD1e you can thank the vaccine mandate for that.

Take a look at the Ford mortality curve post retirement. The stats in 2010 for male retirees were:
Within 2 years of retirement 17% were deceased
Within 5 years of retirement 41% were deceased
Within 10 years of retirement 87% were deceased
Within 20 years of retirement 96% were deceased

8 of 37 Ford teammates who have retired 2019->2022 are deceased. 22% in 3 years. Excluding females from the stats its 35%

Take care of your health, and retire as soon as possible.

@1zvs+1mccSD1e - You don’t know, we don’t know! I’ll give you an example: few years back, there was a coworker who suddenly retired after 39 years even though in the past he said he wanted to get his “40-year badge”. 6 months after his retirement, we went to his funeral. We found out later that he was diagnosed with cancer and the doctors told him he had less than a year to live. Some people retire for health reasons, others retire because they want to enjoy life while they can, and yet others retire because they no longer enjoy the work environment and BS that goes with it.

Starts at 22. Worked 38 years. Means he's 60. Yeah not sure this was voluntary. Most office workers work until their mid-60s now. Plus why 38? Why wouldn't he want to get to 40 years?

I don’t get it. Do you think unless execs work at Ford until they die, they all get fired? Believe it or not, most people want to retire at some point.

“And he likely got a big fat severance worth more than most of us make in a year.”

Tru dat, but he put up with 38 years worth of Ford cr-p at all levels. Not like he was ever a CEO; sounds like he slowly and methodically clawed himself up a sh-t smelling & stained ladder. What ever he is getting, he likely did earn it.

Probably just a retirement… . And recognition that it’s Time to enjoy your family, hobbies and healthy activities while physically and mentally able to.

And he likely got a big fat severance worth more than most of us make in a year.

Fired? In this case, dude likely really retire. He has been working for Ford since 1985 - that’s 38 years. He’s done, especially given the current environment that auto manufacturers have to deal with at the moment.

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