I mean, what’s the company even gonna look like after this i over? How is it going to function? Are we gonna work under the same conditions? Don’t know about you but givet the changes the company is going through , I wouldn’t think of surviving the layoffs as such a blessing.
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Personal observation in IT area, 90% of time is squandered on things that can barely be justified as adding value, and at the end of the day is celebrated by LL as though a if major contribution has been made. Checking bureaucratic boxes, creating another bureaucratic process, lunching with colleges (gossiping), hour long meetings which should be 5 minutes, hiding information from coworkers guised as separation of duties are not wise uses of time but keep everyone ‘busy and productive’ for the entire day. So busy that we must constantly hire more people to do the same.
Those who shake things up do real work and automate 90% of the work are made to feel uncomfortable and if they do not leave on their own are asked to leave in a RIF action. As soon as they are gone, a sigh of relief from the time squanders, another decade of a cushy do nothing job unfolds before them.
Survived the cuts but was placed into a newly created job, as were many of my coworkers. No roles or responsibilities given. Boss can’t tell me who I should interface with or how I should work. Told to make up my own responsibilities, but No objectives or deliverables have been provided. Boss is desperate to show director he is doing something- so we basically repeat the work others are doing. Inefficient and frustrating. Future looks bleak.
Everything will be back to normal soon - just as it did in 2008. Honestly I think PD could eliminate another 15% (or more) with minimal loss in performance. There is so much fat/waste at Ford. Walk up and down the aisles in PDC - people are daytrading (especially old finance guys) and surfing the net all day.
If you were to really think about your workday - being honest - perhaps you worked 2 productive hours every day? My last job was more like 1 hour per day. Working at Ford is easy money.
It may be a rude awaking for those forced to work outside of Ford - less pay and more real work required!
Go ahead - tell me why I am wrong.
I do wish the best of luck to those who were let go and those that remain.
It is devastating to encounter in person a cluster of the kind of cartoon villains you've heard other people complain about and realize that they're actually really truly in charge of something and will actually really truly be almost impossible to shift. In college I thought Dilbert’s pointy hair boss was an exaggerated character. What a fool I was. The dilution of the talent pool is a constant here.
No reason for any minion not receiving a pension to be loyal to ford. no loyalty to employees they are in for some trouble in the next few years. companies that don’t produce a product can be cut throat like this and it won’t affect them in the long run. Hackett forgets that current and retired employees and their extended families buy the cars. Time to do some serious market research and figure out how this new business restructuring is going to affect their bottom line. It isn’t a coincidence that USA is the most profitable and tens of thousands work in metro Detroit. Go anywhere outside of metro Detroit and see how nobody cares about ford cars. This is what they should have been working on an increasing the market after the 80’s fiasco. Instead they give up, get rid of cars entirely and expect brand loyalty & ppl to get 10 year loans to buy a 80,000 f150
No reason for anyone not receiving a pension to be loyal to ford. no loyalty to employees (not receiving pension, mind you) they are in for some trouble in the next few years. They forget that employees and their families buy the cars. Everyone in metro Detroit(and across the country) who’s parents or grandparents worked for the big three buy the cars. I never thought I’d say I might buy a foreign car out of spite in the future. Oh yeah, and I’m “safe”. This company is going downhill and fast
Ford always goes through a re-structure from time to time or actually when they are regarded as a “Trash Investment”. They push out 10% and in a few months time 20% will be back. It’s just stupid. They never do it right. There is a lot of Bozos in the company. A lot of dead wood engineers that need to gonna. A lot of Arm Chair Managers that also need to Go. Problem is, the Arm Chair Managers are making these decisions! Saving themselves
It's not just a one way decision. If you want to leave, you're free to do so. Ford isn't holding anyone captive.
Make no mistake, all this was about was entrenching a new cast of Bozos into management. At the end of the day it looks like they promoted just as many as they walked out the door. Now they have tons of open positions on the new org charts that they will have to hire more people from the outside in order to make the new structure work. Watch...we will once again end up with more employees. All smoke and mirrors. Except now we have more inept management in place to screw things up even further.
Some in our department have taken-up the art of studying org charts, can you believe it?
Some of us are very excited about the "flattening" of layers & the opportunity to advance, cherish the moment & take the lead (not follow).
Let's be honest; some folks & their contributions were marginal, more like pictures on the wall or furniture. Its a business "best practice" to eliminate the bottom 10% on a annual basis. Unfortunately, companies continuously lose the top 10% & for some reason, keep the bottom? A haircut was justified, not just a trim. Shalom my friend.
Saw some org charts of new org- tons of open positions. Sends a bad message especially after watching competent coworkers get the boot.
Short term - say the next 6 to 9 months, yes, if for nothing else to see the new product role out.
Longer term, likely not. My surviving supervisor already is complaining about being too busy, and everyone is shell shocked and crabby. Not a good work environment, and one that can’t be fixed so easily. Ford used to be different from other companies, now they look and act just like any other....does not bood well as the survivors and new comers will leave in droves when they can, leaving an empty shell.