With so many negative comments about working at Ford on this site, please share why you stay. I can understand people who are close to retirement but not quite ready financially, but why would those not close to retirement choose to stay if it’s so miserable?
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Ask myself that every minute of every work day - not joking people literally.
@OP. Since the SRD in 2019, the writing was in the wall for me. I knew then that I would not retire in this company, and that sooner or later, I'll be let go. I started making plans, but Covid-19 happened and the awful attempt of handling it by the world, specially our MI leaders, convinced me to stay longer at Ford. 2020 was not a good year to change jobs.
I have done a lot in the last 12 months to be ready for leaving the company: saved more money, improved and sold my house in MI, looked for other opportunities, etc. However, the health of my family (and mine) have been severely affected in the last year (not related to Covid-19). My high levels of stress are now more related to my family's health than to my job.
My wife convinced me to take things easy at work, stay a little bit longer until things stabilize for us at home, and if the worst happens at work (layoffs), I'd get some severance/unemployment, which, together with the money we have saved already, should be more than enough to cover our expenses until I get a new job.
I hope that I'll have a job at Ford for one more year. It should be enough for us to get back on our feet and being able to change jobs.
Good luck to all!
Maybe people stay for reasons similar to those who stay with a bad marriage or relationship. It was so good in the beginning, maybe for years, that you cling to the hope that it can be that way again. Unfortunately professional relationships are not like personal relationships. When individuals are involved it can work out if both parties want to work on the relationship. In employee/employer relationships the employee has to take it or leave it.
Easy money. It’s like being retired with a sweet paycheck deposited every two weeks.