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qyJH68

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qyJH68
Dec 5, 2021 27 Comments

Hi All. Please help me with my dilemma.
I'm currently working at Tier1 supplier for the last 8 years and making per year. I received an offer from Ford (level 8) with 5 sign on bonus, $9k yearly bonus, and 3 weeks vacation. I’m wondering is it it worth taking the risk given the salary is same and I hear layoffs at ford is very common.#auto
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  • Ford
    turbull

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    turbull
    At Ford, lay offs are very rare compared to any other company. Its an amazing employee focused company. The last thing they will do is a lay off. So if lay off is your concern, i would say don’t worry about it. Recently ford poached sone really good leaders and are on great track. You have gotten a higher end sg8 offer if it’s for Dearborn. For most teams WLB is amazing at Ford.
    Dec 6, 2021 1
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      qyJH68

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      qyJH68
      OP
      Thank you for your reply! Yes it’s at Dearborn.
      Dec 6, 2021
  • Ford
    mspford

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    mspford
    Ford is a good company. Layoffs were in past. If you are in tech, you are good. No need to worry. Ford's wlb os awesome.
    Dec 11, 2021 2
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    • Ford
      rPBT58

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      rPBT58
      Correct, If they qualify you as HTHD, you get a higher bump. But that's a one time thing. if you move to another set of skills you'll likely loose that bump
      Dec 9, 2021
    • Ford
      EngineerG

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      EngineerG
      Don't expect any significant increase for many years. You are already at gsr8. You will get 1-3% every year and that's it. You have to be in the company for a very long time (I would say minimum 5 years) to get a senior engineer promotion. And the HTHD depends on your department, only some places will get it.
      Dec 9, 2021
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    pFdY14

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    pFdY14
    Nice offer. Our bonuses have been garbage the last few years so expect maybe 50-70% of that not the full bonus.

    Otherwise it's a nice relaxed place to work and the people are very nice. It can make you go insane if you care about being on the cutting edge of new tech because.... You basically never are.

    Great place to take it slow and pretty stable if you're good at your job and direct hire. Most layoffs have to do with the company pivoting to electrification and maybe even tech related roles.
    Dec 8, 2021 3
    • Ford
      rPBT58

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      rPBT58
      Bonus, like in any other company, are based on corporate, division and individual performance. If the company doesn't do well, don't expect to get that part of the bonus. You have full control on your part, of course.
      Dec 9, 2021
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      pFdY14

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      pFdY14
      Well but the base at Ford is 100% company performance dependant. The personal factor just scales on top of that.
      Dec 10, 2021
  • Recently accepted offer. I’m on H1B, but offer is 130k bonus, 5k sign on, relocation and 9k annual bonus. I have 6YOE though, with a Masters degree. Recruiter said that TC is calculated based on various parameters in a Ford proprietary tool 😀. GSR 8
    Dec 7, 2021 4
    • Ford
      pFdY14

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      pFdY14
      So interesting note. I've seen these positions on our internal job board but every time I ask about them they pretend they're not available. It's very odd. Looks like Ford wants exclusively H1B applicants in these positions?
      Dec 10, 2021
    • @pfdy14, many positions in Ford are not available for sponsorship. Also, there’s a world of opportunities other than Ford. Financial corps are paying crazy here in NYC.
      Dec 12, 2021