You are obviously a foolish young man. Please consider quitting before you are let go. Have you considered working as a Barista?
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Pull a Cartman like on Southpark and you will be fine!
I suggest you just do your job and do your time, and stop expecting everything to be handed to you. Ford already has enough incompetent, peter-principled managers on staff. We don't need another self-important windbag blowing hot air into the room because they never took the time to learn how to do a good job just once in their life.
@2yhc Don't forget all the knives they'll need for all the backstabbing they'll be doing.
Many pairs of kneepads. You will wear them out quickly.
If you don't have the required MBA from the prerequisite school(s) and aren't enrolled in the leadership program or have an existing executive friend, you don't have much of a chance. Your best chances is the minority angle or gender angle.
There is no meritocracy at Ford.
Seriously if you want to be in management at Ford you must be boastful and cut throat.
If that is you, sharpen your knives and learn to steal credit from others and blame others for your failures.
If you have a calling to be a good manager find another company to work for
I am not clear if this is a serious question but we will give you a serious answer. I don't know if you mean that Ford or or other company. I would further suggest not worrying about becoming a manager instead I would work on being a good leader, working hard, making sure you are learning core technical work in the company, and start serving people around you. When you help other people they will in general and do anything for you. of all the managers and Executives I have worked for, they were the ones of any value, truthful honest helpful, an exceptional clear communicators. Perhaps work on all of the attributes a good manager, then be honest if you can become a good leader.
Expose yourself to small layoffs to develop an immunity to larger layoffs
Do not stay more than 3 years as your salary will only increase 3% per year.
Moving every 3 years guarantee 15 to 20 percent increase in salary in higher position responsibilities.
The old times of sticking with same company till retirement is over, no more pensions.
You just graduated and you already want to become a manager and then an executive? Calm down with the ambition and learn the business first, then you can start dreaming about leadership.
Having a "friend" in management pull you up through the ranks seems to be popular in the areas I have worked.
In today's diversity-crazy Ford, it's much easier to advance if you're a person of color, a woman, or both. If the OP is a white male, the best advice I can offer him is to pursue his career at a company other than Ford.
Be proactive and prepared by doing research on Layoff sites.
Take an entry level job at Ford, contribute your energy & talent for about tow to three years, then leave Ford to take a management job elsewhere. Seriously, you'd have better luck gong somewhere else to become a manager......and you can always come back later as an executive, if you left on good terms when you left. (VJ of IT is not the only person that has done this....)
I know two people who were hired as recent grads and climbed quickly up the ranks. Both were intelligent and hard working. One was very arrogant and would speak with authority even when they had no idea what they were talking about. If you spoke truth to this person you would be placed on the naughty list. This person still works at Ford. The other was honest and interested in the ideas and concerns of others. This person would speak truth to power and had the backs of their direct reports. This person was SRD’d.
From the examples I have seen, hard work and luck may offer you the option of being promoted. Being ruthless will help you keep the position should you get there.