Working at Ford Motor in Dearborn, MI: 199 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Dearborn, MI Area

"Diverse!"

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Freedom to make important choices and drive my own career path."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself and learn the business prior to interviewing - large scale manufacturing."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Not as progressive as some companies out there in the areas of work and home mix."

"Where dreams go to die."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Not much at all, nothing, really."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Auto and government are very similar. If you enjoy slow-moving companies where you need to work hard enough to not be fired, then you're good."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Ford is where dreams to go die. It is a culture of fear. The departments are heavily silo'd and do not work together. There is a reason why cars take 5 years from inception to production. Ford is successful in spite of the processes used, not because of them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop fearing new technology and processes to manage the company."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I like the people, travel, industry, challenge, fast pace, and product."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be open minded, flexible, and do not be offended by the pace at which things move."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I would like a little better chance for advancement for my career."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing what we have been doing, we are on the right path."

"Learning experience."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"The experience of working with an OEM since I was always a supplier."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No. It didn't work for me but it might for others. I would work there again, just not in that department."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"The constant meetings and indecisiveness. It took too long for things to get done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have better training for new employees. A manual or documentation is better than a mentor."

"Working at the Ford Motor company, I utilized my skills in: VB, VBScript, Powershell, Perl, PHP, and ASP."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I had a good experience working at the Motor Ford Company."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Working with Indian people. Their corruption knows no limits. Offshoring is so well encouraged and the company does a fantastic job of hiding the fact that it's no longer an American corporation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The best way to move up in the white collar end of the company is to be Indian."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Very high employee turnover, as well as a complete lack of innovation from the IS and IT end of things. Product innovation is solicited from Europe and China."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Follow what GM does by bringing the jobs back to America, where the customers are, instead of farming them out for pennies on the dollar to a country where their software architects don't even know what a warranty is."

"Ford was the best work experience possible."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Training was exemplary, no costs were spared to ensure that the employee was well trained."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ford is an outstanding organization appreciating diversity and thinking outside the box. Do what it takes to get noticed and hired."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"That I was laid off after 20+ years of service and received the same package that someone who worked 5 years received."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to treat your employees as your most valuable asset."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I made a nice salary and grew professionally. Unfortunately, the growth opportunities ceased."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No... it is a very insulated culture that can be tough to ingrain oneself into."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Work life balance was challenging to maintain. Shift to shift movement was a challenge."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Recognize the efforts of the team regularly, never allow an opportunity to coach/mentor pass."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"The opportunity to continue learning new things and be continuously improving designs and processes."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be always honest with your interviewer and be sure of your accomplishments."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"To continue growing within the company and because it is too big, it takes some time the get considered for a promotion."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work balance and more contact from the managers to the engineers to know the concerns"

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Fortunate to gain a tremendous Supply Chain Management background and became extremely marketable because of it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Steer your own career and excel in every task performed."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"The big corporate hierarchy and opportunity for advancement. I also would like to see management steer away from old schools of thought and adapt to change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Always be willing to adapt to technology and change and demand more from complacent employees."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Fellow workers, opportunity to apply lean and six sigma strategies to tooling and facility layouts."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show passion for your profession and always continue to be open to new learning experiences ultimately transmitting your knowledge to personnel throughout the organization."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Politics and ineffective communication between all levels of management and workforce personnel."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to all personnel within the organization and then reward actions that support company objectives."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"The people, the facility."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Rate increases are difficult because they are not determined by the manager or department for which you work."

"Great company, somewhat cumbersome process."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Great name recognition, international opportunities, American icon, ability to survive tough environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Follow the process and be very patient. Things don't move very fast here."

What don't you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Cumbersome process in certain areas; centralized decision making process; outsourced too many processes over the years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce the layers of middle management; continue to reduce the influence of union."