Ford Motor Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Ford Motor full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Challenging work with smart teams that work well together. Plenty of opportunity to solve problems, interact with many parts of the organization and present to management.

Cons – Like many corporations, they always want "more" from you. Some members of management are very concerned about "face time" even if everything is completely on track.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ford Motor full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – good chances to develop and make a career.

Cons – frustrating administrational hurdles and slow processes.

Advice to Senior Management – Less levels would be more efficient.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ford Motor full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Interesting to see and feel your work after 3-4 years.

Cons – Worst culture, all work is hughly under manned (hence workload is un manageable), no innovation at all is allowed. The processes prevent you from achieving meaningful results, even if you are driven to get things done, managers miss the point of why the engineers are there. Only way to be a manager of a small team is to stay for 10-12 years.

Advice to Senior Management – See cons.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ford Motor as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Good and friendly environment at the office.

Cons – Weak management so no clear future plans for new projects...

Advice to Senior Management – Be more clear and honest about future programs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Ford Motor full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good pay. Some people I will miss working with. I can't really think of too many "good" things about working for Ford.

Cons – Horrible benefits and losing more every year. Zero work/life balance. Be there, or else!! The plant shutdown and that was horribly depressing. Lateral moves are mandatory and are made for you. If you don't like to move, too bad.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep an open mind.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ford Motor full-time

Pros – Great co-workers and relaxed work pace

Cons – It is really shocking how the spending freeze is affecting employees. You need to buy your own everyday use things....scissors, staplers, pins etc. Also the cafe at iTek is rather pathetic and if you are not buying nay food but just want to pick up a spoon/fork for your home cooked lunch, they charge you 10 cents per piece. I was horrified at this and the cashier and manager were so rude and discourteous! It is callous to demand this and shows how obsolete the entire system and the company really especially when we are the people doing most of the hard core IT work and bringing in millions for Ford.

Advice to Senior Management – Please modernize the work place and change the cafe contractor with more friendly and smiling people who do not make lunch hour miserable after a morning of hard work!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ford Motor full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great knowledge, great connections, exposure to senior management

Cons – Huge workload, career opportunities are directed to young employees

Advice to Senior Management – Improve work/life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Ford Motor full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – GREAT People, plenty of work, work life balance

Cons – Normal large company bureaucracy and NO promotional opportunities.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Ford Motor full-time for more than a year

Pros – Big company, Global name, Global operations.

Cons – There is not diversity, old people old culture.

Advice to Senior Management – Start changing the demografics

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Ford Motor as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - Very understanding of life outside work and management never had any issues if I wanted to take a day off.

- Inviting, helpful, second-family work environment. From day one I felt I was part of the team and everyone around me wanted to help me with my projects and give me advice.

-Value added projects, not just busy work. Provided me great exposure to what a full-time employees day is like.

- Great internship program that is well organized and put together. They have intern specific events that give all summer interns a chance to meet one another and talk about their experiences and projects. Purchasing interns are invited to round table discussions with top executives including Tony Brown, head of Global Purchasing. The round table events gave us a chance to ask questions to the executive level about work, life, career path, advice, etc.

- Ride and drive intern program. Allowed all summer interns to test new 2013 Ford and Lincoln models at Ford Proving Grounds test track.

- Very competitive pay and THEY HIRE THEIR INTERNS. Out of all summer 2012 purchasing interns, everyone I talked to received full time offers, including myself. (about 10 - 12 interns)

Cons – - Final Internship presentation. 20 minute presentation on what you did over the summer infront of management, directors, HR, and other skill teams. Weighted heavily on whether or not you will get a full time offer but may not reflect the type of work you did or employee you are if your bad at presentations. Great experience though and greatly improved my presentation skills.

Advice to Senior Management – Provide more feedback to interns and give more direction.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company