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

"Nice place to work."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Work was within my skill level and worklife balance was great!"

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

"Too many cliques that can prevent promotions of people who really deserve it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to care about their people and show it."

"Ford Motor Company is the only company who did not ask for government bailout."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Very good compensation and benefit, flexible on balancing work and personal life."

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

"Don't be influenced by media's biased opinions about U.S. auto industry."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give employees more internal opportunities."

"Ford could offer more for contract admins."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I was very fortunate to work with some great leaders as a team player during 1993-2003 and then the economy began turning and contract employees were cut due to budget cuts."

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

"Ford is a good company, but has faced challenges like others which reduce headcount, increase workload, and cause little work/life balance."

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

"I preferred to be a regular employee versus a contract employee. Several attempts from Ford Personnel and Ford Managers to bring me on as a Ford employee, the final decision was 1 admin head versus 1 engineer head - admin head lost out."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There should be a policy instated to hire a contract employee if they have been there for 10 or more years."

"Based upon a contract assignment."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"The challenge."

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

"By yourself."

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

"The bureaucracy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Review management process and procedures, adjust staff, make costs control a priority."

"I was hired as a contract employee so I cannot be 100% on all areas of regular employment."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I liked the experience of working with such a diverse group of people."

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

"Understand that it may not be long term as it was in the past. People were hired and expected to be at Ford for their careers. It is not always that way anymore."

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

"Under the circumstances, the employment situation. Watching so many good people let go was tough."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To be more in touch with all employees, not just upper level management."

"I loved working at Ford Motor Company, I bled blue."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I enjoyed the people I worked with and the diversity of my job. People were always changing jobs at Ford and I got to work for and enjoy all the people I met."

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

"Just be yourself."

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

"When I was there and times got bad you had to worry everyday if you were going to have a job or not. That was a difficult period."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I like management that is fair and can have a sense of humor in the right circumstance."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I enjoy working for a corporate company with corporate innovative ideas."

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

"Assertiveness."

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

"There is a reluctance in hiring contract employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire from your contract arena, these individuals are already trained and loyal to the company, hire them in as Ford employees."

"Henry Ford was Hitler's buddy, Ford is still evil."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I hated it every day."

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

"Do not work for Ford unless you have no alternatives."

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

"The management is full of idiots only there because of nepotism. The executives are troglodytes, the company has a terrible relationship with the union. The company's manufacturing system and quality is a joke compared to the competition. Ford is 20 years behind GM, and 40 years behind Toyota."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"The people and respect."

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

"Downsizing over the last 4 years was painful."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less focused on diversity and more on core competency of management."

"Been a while."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Electric vehicles."

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

"Detroit."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Should have stayed the course."

"Good company to work for if you can get in the right group."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"I like the job, colleagues, and pay."

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

"Once you are in a department it will be hard to move around in the company."

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

"I don't like the way management has turned and placed supervisors in roles that they are not competent for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Employees should be allowed to diversity their portfolio."

"Hangin by my fingertips."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"My immediate supervisor is great. I like what I'm doing and I'm good at it. We get a lot of vacation days (thanks to the UAW negotiations), though they are getting cut back."

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

"No one is hiring except Finance. That's the way it's been for the last 8 years."

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

"Jobs are basically all in Michigan and I hate the winter. Job security is nonexistent due to economy and rough times, which causes churn and stress. But we are making it through."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We could use fewer supervisors and managers and more worker bees. Seems the job cuts aimed at the doers of the work at a much higher ratio than the supervisors of the work!"

"Position was eliminated due to downsizing."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Was a great atmosphere until 5 years ago! Stress and constant worry was crushing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Eliminate the small talk, lay it on the line."

"Vehicle Visibility (VV) Project is a crucial step in streamlining processes and achieving Fords Order Fulfillment vision by providing vehicle order/vehicle status visibility throughout the entire order to delivery process."

What do you like about working at Ford Motor?

"Working on products that consumers depended on and used everyday."

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

"Know as much detail about the position you are interviewing for as possible, and ask as many questions as you can."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep on the right track as the best quality (World and US) manufacturer of vehicles."