At Ford, firing white-collar employees now 'Job 1'

[Analog]

DETROIT -- For the first time in generations, Ford Motor Co. has resorted to firing employees and escorting them from corporate buildings -- roiling the company and compelling Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford to send a message this week to employees.

Until now, Detroit automakers have cut thousands of white- collar jobs almost exclusively by seeking voluntary early retirements, buyouts or leaving positions unfilled.

But not nearly enough people have come off Ford's payroll to meet its initial goal of cutting 2,750 of its 35,000 North American white-collar workers.

Even worse for workers, the company reported a $907 million loss in the April-June period this year for its North American division and says now that cuts may have to go even deeper.

That means Ford is getting tough about cutting people loose. The company wouldn't say this week how many people it has fired in recent weeks, but Bill Ford acknowledged the bold new measures in an e-mail to employees on Monday.

"Some have asked me why we have had to ask employees to depart immediately," he wrote. "Well, the management team has discussed this and concluded that it's kinder to make our separations in this fashion. . . . Frankly, there's no easy way to do this."http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...?AID=/20050813/BUSINESS/508130417/1003

 

[Gravity]

p&n?

 

[DurocShark]

Glad I don't work for Ford.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Glad I don't work for Ford.

Yeah. If you worked for GM, you'd only be out of a job if you were blue collar. 😉

 

[alm4rr]

Originally posted by: Gravity
p&n?

um no

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Topic Title: At Ford, firing white-collar employees now 'Job 1'

😎 Most on here say we don't need no stinking manufacturing jobs here anyway.

Welcome to Wal_mart or would you like to Up size your fries???

 

[Howard]

35 000 white collar workers? Wow.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Howard
35,000 white collar workers?

They let and additional 10,000 go, it was orginally 25,000 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[waggy]

yeap happens when you export jobs OUT of the US.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: waggy
yeap happens when you export jobs OUT of the US.

😎

Most say we don't need jobs here.

One happy giant Island sucking on Pina Coladas and $12 gas for our giant SUV's :thumbsup:

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Howard
35,000 white collar workers?

They let and additional 10,000 go, it was orginally 25,000 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Your math is wonky, my man.

 

[Engineer]

But most say that sending low skilled labor jobs out of the country will create higher skilled, better paying jobs. I guess not.

When manufacturing is offshored, it's not just the lower skilled worker that loses his/her job....the entire plant does.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Engineer
But most say that sending low skilled labor jobs out of the country will create higher skilled, better paying jobs. I guess not.

When manufacturing is offshored, it's not just the lower skilled worker that loses his/her job....the entire plant does.

yeap.

but what can be done? Right now the rich pay for laws that allow such stuff to happen.

The US is becoming the land of the rich and screw all else. How could they NOT know that something like this would happen?