I remember when Team Edison (what eventually became Model e) was first established. I thought it sounded awesome and that it would be fun to work in a Corktown loft. I quickly learned that the original staff had essentially 'picked themselves and their coworker friends' to be on this new cool team. I then realized that it was the last hoorah of the 'Old Ford' mentality. (At that time, there was a big push to eliminate 'Old Ford' mentality throughout the organization).
It ended up being a huge echo chamber of LL6s. The vast majority of which had zero leadership experience (never had direct reports). And they would compete to repeat whatever the 'senior leader' had just said. I never heard an original thought from anyone below that senior-most leader in any meeting or throughout the organization.
If you are working there now and enjoy it - I sincerely say, 'good for you. But don't ever assume or believe that you're 'safe' from layoff. I was a GSR member of Model e - in good standing I should mention - and was let go last August. I'll always believe it was a combination of decades worth of salary growth along with not being part of the echo chamber & not kissing the right 'you know whats' of leadership...
Man.... I'll never forget watching an LL6 and an LL5 both dance around a direct question from the LL4 because they could only parrot back sound bites and had no idea how to think for themselves.
I assure everyone, Model e is the strongest section of 'Old Ford' alive and well at FoMoCo today...
This deserved its own post. OP is @gyh+1lbLKLpQ.