Pros: As a mechanical engineer, there are many interesting projects to work on, depending on your interests. Training opportunities exist. It is family-friendly, depending on the supervisor.

Cons: 1) It is sometimes difficult to move to a new job. 2) Profit sharing is not competitive in the industry. As a non-supervisory design engineer with more than 10 years of experience, profit sharing will be approximately 6% or $6,000 based on 2016 profit of $10.4 billion. Using GM as a comparison, based on profit of $12.5 billion, a non-supervisory design engineer will receive profit sharing of 11-13% of base salary with a 165% multiplier or ~$23,500. Hopefully, Ford will improve compensation in the future.

Pros: Good if you want some automotive experience out of college.

Cons: No career growth opportunities. They post openings for HR only where they already have someone planned for the position. Disgusting and dirty office buildings. They are updating small rooms, but not the office areas that need it. Recent plan to update campus, but will take 10 years to complete. Not worth the wait. Find a company with clean and modern offices.

Pros: Enough parking space. You can come to work late as long as you finish your assignment.

Cons: They don't care much about general salaried roll employees. They act like the company makes profits only because of the CEO. The Product Development Center is full of an obnoxious smell. Employees feel like they work in a 20th-century building. The benefits and health insurance are the industry's worst. After you pay high health insurance premiums and deductibles, your take-home money shrinks a lot.