Ford Motor Reviews in Detroit, MI Area

Pros

insurance benefits, good salary, promotional opportunities

Cons

minimal forward thinking. small bonuses.

Advice to Senior Management

remove the good-old-boy network within upper management

Pros

Press recognition at an all time (recent past 5 years) high
Products are cool

Cons

Men still dominate and are verbally critical of most female leaders
Little to no tolerance of people who are not white males with stay-at-home wives
Politics and cliques rule

Pros

A feeling of accomplishment. A feeling of improvement. A sense of pride.

Cons

The IT is lacking. The computers and cell phones are tremendously out of date. It is difficult to get them updated.

Advice to Senior Management

Improve the IT -- but other than that -- I am excited about the future at Ford.

Pros

Rotational program provides opportunity to see different areas of business. Flexibility in moving from assignment to assignment

Cons

As with most companies, it is a hit or miss with management as you move from one job to another.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more growth opportunities for employees.

Pros

Great Training and challenges to grow.

Cons

Hard to transfer within company.

Advice to Senior Management

Great job on communication. Keep it up.

Pros

Good opportunity for for lwer and middle managers
Building momentum

Cons

Limited vertical growth -- reduced pay bands
Stingy movement within pay bands

Advice to Senior Management

Make greater efforts to retain talent
Lack of movement creates average performance

Pros

Ford is a very laid back environment but you have a lot of competition from other individuals. Great company to work for but watch out for another recession.

Cons

There really arent any problems I had with Ford motor Company. I lost my job because of the economy. Who didnt?

Advice to Senior Management

I think that problems take too long to resolve once a decision is made. That is about it on that.

Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

Lenghty groth opportunity that might take years

Advice to Senior Management

I have no comments for the management

Pros

Good Pay. Pretty stable even in the current economy.

Cons

Stressful. Long hours. Male dominated.

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage and support more women in management roles.

Pros

Ford is a great place to get some experience. You get a chance to see how a big company works and see new vehicles. The finance rotation program is good, but more say in what rotation you receive would be better.

Cons

Depending on what part of the company of the company you are in the managers could be great or they could really suck. Ford is still suffering from problems of management wanting to hide problems so they don't look bad. Management rather shuffle heads around than hire more heads when it is obvious that your employees have worked extremely long hours.

Depending on which dept you are in the work can be dull.

The company is older and lacks many young employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Find better ways to retain and attract young employees. Mulally is doing a great job.