Thread regarding Ford layoffs

This guy was 51 with 27 years. The only one in his department let go. He got a 6 figure settlement. Ford doesn't make that mistake anymore. They broom younger and older together now.

https://www.dodgeintrepid.net/threads/laid-off-auto-engineer-sues-ford.66715/

@OP. So, if you're the only person left in your department with your skill set performing your job function, you take it easy. In my team, there are a couple of my coworkers plus myself in the same situation, since our "backup" positions went out of the door last year with the layoffs.

If you believe your skill set is very important to the company, you could breath easy knowing you'd be spared from future layoffs. Personally, I still believe I'm fair game for layoffs, even as my work is directly related to the plants, since managers don't have a clue about technical matters, and maybe they truly believe that any employee can be replaced by other with no repercussion in quality, like it happens at the plants or to the LLs themselves. Managers don't realize that both, plant and management, are uneducated workforces.

If you don't feel safe and have no pension, like I do, then the path is clear. Polish your resume, get up to date with the latest technical trends, start interviewing for the next job, while you do ONLY your 40 hours. After all, we live in a world dominated by markets, and if the company truly has demand of your skills, and your skill set is unique in the company (low supply), then you dictate the terms of engagement.

It would depend on your department. So, if you are a product development engineer, the grouping is what matters. For example, if you are the only one with ICE skills, this is not relevant (even if everyone else works on EV/AV). Age matters, so watch for a younger person suddenly transferred into your department. They may be a "throw in" to avoid an age discrimination lawsuit. They will be shown the door along with the ICE person.

@sry- what do you mean by special assignments? I’m unfamiliar with anyone considered on one.

Stop trying to make sense of the actions of a sociopath and the greed of the Ford family. Ford is a company that reduces cost through the termination of employees. An enormous amount of money was paid to Boston Consulting to identify pension eligible employees approaching 25-30 years, if you fall into that group unless you're part of ' friends and family ' your time is done at Ford. Skillset, expertise, forced ranking etc doesn't matter.
PEPs will be used to eliminate anyone your manager or director find undesirable.
The real news will be which LL4,3,2s will be PEPd or placed on ' special assignments '.
FLV has wasted BILLIONS with nothing to show. His directors are incompetent, arrogant and delusional. M0S3Rs empire is done, look at his org chart, he's getting chopped. C@NN1$ has developed a nervous twitch, Model E dev is not going well, look at the programs, none are on track.
Stock price is a rollercoaster which makes the family very jittery; not looking good for Jim. CEOS at Ford are as disposable as the family sees fit; Fields and Hackett didnt last 3 years and Jim's time is rapidly running out.