At this point, I believe mostly all Ford employees, except the "anointed" ones by last name, fiefdom affiliation or brown nosing, are aware that they could be let go at any moment. Big name companies are letting go thousands of employees. Across town, our profitable rival GM is willing to buy out around 12-15K employees. Which begs the question, what the unprofitable FMC is going to do?
The C-suite only talks about the future of electric rainbows and green unicorns, while most of us are wishing for them to diss the pink sunglasses and smell the sh!t. We know the company is in an unsustainable path, and we are going to shed numbers. However, the lack of transparency is making people go crazy. From the F150 guy to the threads of Outlook issues, including the mandatory assistance to the TH tomorrow, everyone is paranoid and believing they will be next. This is actually SAD to watch, as much from the personal anguish as from the work load impact. It is just NOT healthy for everyone involved.
We should be hearing from our "leaders" a simple and easy to follow plan, or at least some transparency. However, the latter are reserved for the stockholders, according to the last email from JF, which on Thursday will be providing them with "unprecedent transparency". Well, what about some transparency for us as well, JF? We are not that important to you, aren't we?
As J.K. Rowling said, If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. Based on how you are treating your "troops", with all the public lies and bashing of the employees, I must say you are an awful leader, JF, and Bill Ford is even a worse one by letting Farley get away with it. Bill, you are going to reap what you sow: Farley will go away with millions and the shame, but you are going to lose the company.
BTW, naming it the Ford Operating System is stupid. Not the naming game, nor the splitting in divisions, nor the hiring from "IT companies" personnel, nor the wishes from Bill or Farley, will make FMC an IT, software, or tech company. It is just a manufacturing company, and bad at it seeing the number of recalls. Remember a pig with lipstick, it is still a pig, and a very dirty one having you both on top.