Thread regarding Ford layoffs

@t1m thanks for posting Mine has gone

5 minutes mark . shock

15 minutes mark . great all the workplace problems are no longer my problems.

30 minute mark . let’s tackle all the minutia Retirement, benefits, paperwork, contact info distributed to people I care about.

24 hour mark . Crikey I shouldn’t of believed the CEO when he said he wanted us to reshape Ford, empower our people and cut bureaucracy. The two of us on the team who believed him and aggressively implemented DevOps were eliminated. I should of listened to the LL5 when he protested DevOps because it was slashing his headcount needs. Instead I got caught in the cross fire.

48 hour mark . oh no I hope that the GSRs who followed me in my DevOps quest will not also be cut. Sleepless night Guilt and remorse for possibly getting others lined up for termination.

My lesson 100% loyalty to your LL5 is most important for retention at Ford. They control messaging going upwards. I read a thread about eliminating the LL5, LL3, LL1. That will be necessary if the CEO wants change.

My spouse is understanding and tells me, Honey you must be true to yourself. They do not deserve you.

Tomorrow will be better.

sorry but how can letting <1% of total SE Michigan Ford salaried employees be that hard. Again really sh--ty for ~300 people impacted this week but of the total 2300 US employees impacts, 1800 took the PRP buy-out, 100 were executive (LL5+) retirements (golden parachutes), 300 separations this week and 100 impact in Mexico. Surely there were <1% people who can be let go and really have no impact on the company. The rest 99% of us who are still here need to focus on delivering the smart redesign and make sure we don't have to this this again. As said before more than 1000 open automotive jobs in SE Michigan right now for all levels.

--- NA HR Executive (WHQ)

Let us know how you feel when you get walked out the door at the end of this process.

Your reaction will be priceless.

Go back to WHQ and crawl under a rock.

Having been let go in Wave 3 I can share what I went through. The first week was easier than expected. There was a lot to do -- buy a car, get insurance, elect retirement, decide between lump sum and annuity, etc.

The next two-three weeks were tougher.

I thought way to much on how lack of complete loyalty to my leadership team cost me my job. Also thought a lot about lack of succession planning. It got better as I relize I am better without Ford. Sad that it ended this way.

As if you're some kind of authority on the corporate world because of your petty HR job. Go jump off a bridge, lady. You don't know what you're talking about and few care what you say.

See a fing psychiatrist, not HR. Going there is like putting your buttin a hot frying pan.

Oh shut up. Coming from an HR rep who has an agenda and who's sole purpose is to actively recruit younger generations then fire them later. Go fly a kite you bubble head.

Relaxation Mantra

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Although good advice, easier ‘said-than-done’ when you have bills to be paid with no income