Thread regarding Ford layoffs

I know someone close who is doing nothing since last 3.5 years. just excel sheet work on the weight and cost, sit at home and paid vacations.. nothing to blame on him if they have poor program timing or may be no programs... reason why this company is screwed.. Ford leadership never treated the hard working individuals in good manner. After years of launches and hardwork, I was shown door by the great leadership team.. good luck at ford.

Forgot to add your half hour of bird house building training.

@2mcz+1psG1uFo "working at least 40 hrs a week"

You meant working no more than 40 hours a week, right? Because AFAIK, Ford does not pay OT to its employees.

"....Shame on all the "cheaters"! "....OMG this here is rich..."..at least 40 hours..."...this is even RICHER. If someone is getting their work done, meeting obligations, and keeping the heat off of their management, what else do you want if they get this done in under 40 hrs?? 1st born? Proof of butt in chair staring at screen? I'll implore you to not be so robotic and absolute in your outdated and practically out of touch assessment of how work gets done now in these (apparently to you..) "modern" times.

You've got to be trolling...

Shame on all the "cheaters"! You work for Ford Motor, you get paid by Ford Motor. How can you look in the mirror by not working at least 40 hrs a week. That's stealing! Those that are still giving their all...keep doing that!

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Are you afraid of having to show up for work in an office? Some people actually like to do actual work in reality.

There's no way for someone described in the OP for someone to get away with all that. Anyone can "view" someone on webex (it will show if they are active or not). There are ways for the Company to determine if someone is working.

“Experts have said that working at the office in person is more beneficial for the company than WFH.”

This the same sarcastic troll, with the same message, looking for negative votes.

Workers follow the leadership
Whats bad in this

My wife works at another big S.E. MI company with multiple office buildings. Before COVID, people would just call into meetings in other buildings. Standard practice, especially if they had consecutive meetings with people at different locations.

This synthetic “back-to-the-office” fad has gripped management so powerfully that my wife is no longer allowed to call into meetings from her office to another office. She has to physically go to the other office. Obviously if she could just attend via her laptop at her desk, then she would be spending her entire day sitting at her desk in MS Teams meetings. And then this management BS about “collaboration” falls apart because you’re not collaborating are interacting with the people physically around you if you’re in video conferences all day. And then the natural question is, why is this company spending all this money on a building just so people can sit in their cubicles and do Zoom meetings? Or WebEx? Or Team? They could be sitting at a table at Panera Bread.

This is how insane management fads are.

“Experts have said that working at the office in person is more beneficial for the company than WFH.”

“Experts”? Which experts. Who paid them? Commercial real estate landlords? Investors? Bankers? Greedy governments? Follow the money.

The financially interested parties are trying to create a management fad.

Dougie's boys work from LA, San Fran, North Carolina, etc. Even Dougie himself works from his home in Silicon Valley.
Since 2020, Ford has been WFH, productivity has not been affected. Quality issues per recent Quality training were mainly due to poor PFMEA's and lack of PM in their equipment either at VO's or w/suppliers.
There is NO Recall directly related to any Design Issue. According to all mandatory Quality training (waste of time by the way) the BB Chief ENg stated that lack of mfg lessons learned created most if not all Recalls.
Mfg issues are the realm of STA, which by the way they are in India thx to JF to save pennies but now suppliers have no one to review their PFMEA's, DCP's, MSA's, SPC's, Gage R&R, etc.
Recalls in mature products (2 years after launching) are Mfg related due to lack of monitoring Tier 1,2,3, etc. As well as of lack of PM at VO plants. Design can not anticipate VO's ineptitude doing their job.

Experts have said that working at the office in person is more beneficial for the company than WFH. Collaboration is significantly improved. This is fact. Our leadership have gone through this in various Town Halls. We all worked in the office just a few short years ago, and we can all do it again. The company's performance and sustainability depend on it.

The OP is obviously a young pup. Anyone who worked in one of the Ford mouse-maze cubicle complexes knows that goofing off was Job 1.

It’s up to management to learn how to manage a remote workforce. There have been people successfully working remotely for nearly 3 decades now. This isn’t new. But many managers are stuck in the distant past and can’t adapt.

Lets be real...the WFH now is not ki-ling Ford. I think it's obvious what is. 50k base model vehicles that no one wants to buy and cannot afford. Dealerships that don't trust Ford...customers that don't trust the dealers...quality issues....recalls...Jesus man and you think WFH is the problem? Since you seem to be one of the WFH crowd...spare us you fashionably self hating soul searching you are going through. Don;t like it? Quit...

Work from home will continue as management is enjoying their homelife as well. Everybody knows what is and isn’t going on in the ranks working from home. I am more efficient working from home. My drive in to work would be 45 minutes each way. My manager is a super nice guy says that our jobs don’t require much in office work. He said that we will eventually return to 3 days back in office, but hopes we can continue working from home until he retires in couple of years.

I hesitate to sound negative but posts like this say more about the poster than the entire Ford team. If you’re slacking off at home then you assume that’s what everyone is doing. Personally I found I’m more productive at home than in the office as there are fewer interruptions and distractions. I also tend to work longer hours because I don’t have to think about the long commute home and tend to tell myself “I’ll doing one more thing” before calling it a day. Then there’s the honesty aspect. We’re being paid to do our work and shouldn’t be slacking off regardless of where we’re working from. Ford may not appreciate the effort but I get to keep my self respect.

This is the same schedule I saw most boomers do in the office. 2 hour lunches instead. At least now some of you can run, lose some pounds and not overburden our healthcare system in 5 years

I'm just going to say this, there are some really, really good souls working at Ford. Especially in engineering and software. Always willing to help out. What I see though is people being overloaded when they are willing to help. The reward for helping and working over...is more work...always...shame. Working from home or not. Split time in office and working at home I can tell you that I likely stress more than I need to when working from home. The name of the game is to be efficient. If you are getting you sh-t done, and meeting objectives...then I don;t see how you are hurting the company. Anyone who thinks a-s in chair inside some commercial real state is necessary all the time is a dinosaur.

I was wondering when we’d see today’s shitpost about WFH. Did the time change mess with you, OP?

Lmao everyone who works at Ford is quiet quitting. Just milk as many paychecks as you can and look for work outside.

This company will not exist in 2 to 3 years. No one is working hard / passionate about being underpaid.