Thread regarding Ford layoffs

I'm GSR7 making $98k.

$98k with 5 years + master's. Expecting GSR8 based on recent discussions with my LL6. Excluding 2 years prior experience.

Slightly higher than that, based on where you are in the ranges. I'd say Achiever is more like 2.25%-2.5%. TA is 3.75%-4%.

Still, against our current inflation it is a net pay cut for most employees.

This year achiever: 1.7% Top Achiever : 3.0%

The ranges are BS. I have been in the less than the 20th percentile of my current band for 4 years, and that includes being a TA in 2020. My non-TA raises have averaged less than 2.5% and have never hit 3%. Last year as a TA, it was in the 4% range.

That is no incentive to excel in our jobs. Funny thing is that I did a better job in my current role in 2021 than I did in 2020 and got Achiever. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for any of this stuff. Just like AICP, merits are done in a vacuum with no transparency. Been at a few companies and Ford is the worst at communication why merits are what they are.

Those ranges mean squat. First, they overlap so much you can have GSR6s making more than GSR8s.

Plus as has been discussed there are unpublished ranges for people in special designations. Anyone that reads those ranges and says "Oh, I'm in the upper end, I'm doing well!" Is ignorant.

You can always review the salary ranges on the HR site. The system is always trying to bring people toward the midpoint. If you are below, you are either new in the salary grade, or your are underpaid.

Its probabably ok but if you plan to negotiate pay the smart way to do that is to apply to other jobs simultaneously and see what they will offer you.

If you are in procurement, you are ok. If you are in AI no

I mean... I believe all salary info should be publicly available and transparent. It would have all sorts of effects, most of the good.
But I do believe the OP is trolling, just because the OP's position has not been stated. You told us your degree, apparently, but that doesn't mean anything. Need to know what you're doing.

If you do have an undergrad degree, you should be smart enough to send out resumes to other companies and find out or touch base with some of the people you graduated with.
Check Glassdoor.
Why are you asking a blog?
My thought is you are a troll looking for Ford salary info.

I had an HR rep ask me "what's the least amount you would take if we hired you?" I said my asking salary, which was $105k. Conversation was over.

Judging based on current market conditions is difficult. It is taking a lot more money to woo people these days because they have so many more options.

Your choice is to either look outside of the company yourself. (Be prepared they may try to counter, taking counter offers is generally not a great idea.) Or you can wait it out. The Great Resignation isn't going to last forever, the economy is already in a down cycle. In a year or two Ford will be looking to cut heads, and those that got hired in at inflated salaries now will be the top of the chopping block. It is just the way it works when you are trimming. You put all of the employees into spreadsheet, sort descending on the salary column, and start going down "Should we keep this person? Is their salary justified?" They'd rather cut high-cost, lower performing workers first because it makes a bigger impact on the $ goal for the trimming, and they can keep more heads if they trim the higher paid people first. HR 101!

So the question isn't what so-and-so makes, it is "are you satisfied with where you are in your career at the amount you make?" If not, then polish up the resume, and get looking. If you are, then give it some time.

The flip side to this is that you don't want to be one of the newly hired, higher paid resources at another company when the proverbial cr-p hits the proverbial fan and the economy tanks....because then you will be at the top of that spreadsheet!

Thanks for all the replies!
Degree is mechanical engineering from u of m.
I talk to some people here same exp and they say they make 82k and others 95k and some say they just joined at over 100k.
It's really hard to know

I am agency in engineering (without an engineering degree) making $98k base and receive time and a half/Sunday double time for over 40hrs. As others have mentioned, it really depends on where you’re at in the company.

Two of my direct co-workers are in the mid $70k range with graduate degrees. Another one moved from FCG to GSR 7 making $90k with a bachelors degree..

Entirely depends on your field. I'm at five years direct, bachelor's degree, GSR7, and I'm currently making $94k before bonus (and guess what, it's still not enough for my field).

You're sitting about where I was in 2007, 5yrs into my IT career. It all depends on what field you're in, I guess. Today, first year, no degree, and I'm just north of $120k. I'm in IT, but I don't do Windows.

What is your degree in?

That ain't bad, in assuming you're 28. You could probably jump into the $90s by leaving, but is probably give it another year or two first.