SRD re-org is completed in North America. New departments formed with lack of clarity on their role. Another disguise to promote people and build new empires. Overall, headcounts seem to be going up. Due to ambiguity, some people in new depts have no work. Even Supervisors do not seem to know what is their role. Culture lacks accountability so people with soft political skills having field day. Some activities were combined/ consolidated to form a new dept. New LL6 positions created with no one reporting to them (this is NOT "flattening of the organization"!). Their R&R not clearly defined allowing nice country club hours. Some GSRs in traditional role are carrying heavier workload and resenting these new LL6s coming from elsewhere (with no clear deliverable or accountability). Basically, glorified meeting attenders !!! Fortunately, LL6s in traditional roles are very busy and carrying the ball for the team. Lot of isssues are hidden under the fog created by the chaos and confusion of SRD. (Hundreds- may be thousands of engineers given new jobs without asking them about their skill match/ career interest etc). All this havoc - just because outside consulting company (BCG) got the CEO's ear !!!
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Granted there are some decisions being made by our CEO that I dont think any of us understand, but if all of you that constantly complain about working at Ford, then by all means, go someplace else. Nothing is stopping you from finding another job and taking your negativity with you. If not, do you job that you are being paid to do.
They had to promote and create all these LL6 spots so they could pay for the company lease cars. They are the only ones who buy/lease Ford cars because quality and reliability have gone down. They need to make it look like they are getting sales from somewhere.
Ford sets people up to be “poor performers”. People are moved into jobs that don’t match their skills and are given no guidance or training. If you do know how to do your job the work load can be so extreme that it’s not possible to give anything the attention needed to achieve quality results. And if you have the misfortune of being the newest team member in a year when HR insists on ranking you’ll be the sacrificial lamb. In some cases people are poor performers but many times people are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Absolutely hate going into work now. The stress is unbelievable, usually around 3:00am my chest feels like I have an elephant sitting on it. Forget PULSE, I will not participate, as we all know honest feedback is tracked.
I'll tell you what, my company pushes the performance review really hard and Let me tell you it s—s. It's nothing but a popularity contest. Work output does not matter, it's all about playing the game and getting the right manager. Basically, you are in competition with your coworker, so let the backstabbing begin, and it will trust me on that. Every year they must pick a looser in the group, managers will be forced to do it. The work force will constantly be recycled, new people in and out all the time. What a mess! Freaking hate the corporate world, and it sounds like that is exactly where you are headed.
“Why would you even hire low performers to begin with?” Because the managers want to just fill slots before they lose them. I can’t tell you how many times I was told to hire anything with a pulse.
But as you point out the Low Achievers are rarely Low Achievers but rather people who failed to pay homage to the good ole boys club. Actual Low Achievers are usually promoted.
Not so sure about Low Achiever rating will be used for SRD. Those SRD that I know were rated Top Achiever. They were the most highly compensated.
The PR process is now a popularity contest. Why would you even hire low performers to begin with? The ol' bell-curve doesn't work, Ford. Thought we all learned that years ago. Working at Ford is like being in High School again.
The “Partnership Conversations” is just a prelude to this year end performance reviews which “Will” have 10% of the employees denoted as “Low Achiever- needs improvement”. This group will be targeted in the next round of separations. The SRD made it easy to not effectively perform in one’s job - brilliant plan by Hackett and company
HR is pushing “partnership conversations” aka performance reviews. So how does this work- my boss is telling me I am not performing. The facts are: I was dropped into a newly created position that did not account for my skills. And, I was given no defined R&Rs... but that is my fault? I know I am not the only one getting this feedback. Great job BCG!
SRD is a joke. The company is in such chaos. GSR has no idea what they are supposed to do. LL6 are clueless about their job. Jobs are being created because of the BUDDY system. Employees are place into the wrong jobs. What a freaking nightmare. If I did not have pension with Ford, I would be leaving in a hart beat. This is how majority of the employees are feeling at this time.
The execution of SRD is just symbolic of the company’s inability for decisive, effective, efficient execution of a planned strategy. Unlikely we will see profitably electrified product in our lifetimes.
The SRD was an absolute fraud. The remaining executives are either so deep in drinking Hackett's kool-aid - or are just trying to survive for a paycheck. From what it appears on the inside, Hackett is trying to destroy Ford from the inside. Dangerous vehicle decisions are now being made by kids and/or people with zero automotive experience. Knowing what I know and have observed, I am not sure if I would feel safe in one of our vehicles in the future. If Ford will even be able to survive this while Hackett uses Ford as his personal ATM. Ever day makes me so sad watching the company fall apart and my hollow eyed peers suffer in shock.
I also agree with the comments above. My LL5 jokingly says to embrace the chaos although I believe he is just as disillusioned and in the dark as the rest of us. We lost several LL6's in the re-org which shifted the responsibilities to the remaining supervisors. These LL6 now have 10+ direct reports which doesn't align with the new structure. Additionally we have been informed that there will be no additional LL6 positions for our organization. Should be interested to see how this works out.
Spot on! It is also completed here. I do not know how the SRD was meant to help - the company was in a mess, and now it’s worse. It’s also created a new generation of ARSE Lickers - these new LL6’s/LL5’s just kissing arse and making the GSR slug it out. Wake up Hackett!