Pros: * Good medical insurance * Latest tech * Leave policies

Cons: You will not get the performance bonus (variable pay) fully, only 50%. This is the same for all throughout the organization, irrespective of the effort you put in for projects. Huge amounts are allocated in variable pay from CTC as per company policies. No cab facilities; even during the pandemic, you should come on your own. Ford Smart Mobility is not generating any revenue, so don't join if your entity is Ford Smart Mobility. You will get less hike, only 5-6%, even if you are a top-rated performer. Architects are not technically strong. They will accept whatever upper management asks them to do and push us to stretch. Ford Smart Mobility is not a product company; they are doing services for Chennai Metro, Office Ride, etc. No onsite opportunities; all are Chennai city projects. Poor work-life balance; you will be working on two projects at a time. Leads will call you at midnight to fix issues. No allowance for weekend support.

Pros: Ford offers employees the ability to rotate into other parts of the business, and even requires this for college graduates. They offer tuition assistance, a patent rewards program, and some unique benefits (e.g., use of Ford lawyers for certain personal cases).

Cons: Leadership seems to be a huge problem within my organization. Nobody wants to take charge to make a product truly excellent; people just want to coast by without doing any hard work. A week stuck in meetings is a successful week for a lot of these people, even if no quantifiable work gets done after all the meetings. Ford treats employees like children. Employees have to go to mandatory hour-long "trainings" that basically tell you not to post confidential material on social networks and not to accept bribes from customers. IT sends out emails like "Cyber Steve learns about safe Web browsing" with a picture of a little cartoon IT guy telling you to use a secure password. It's insulting to be a professional engineer and have people treat you like a child. Another big problem is Ford promotes people based on how long you've been with the company instead of the quality of your work. This leads to, for example, an IT employee being promoted to supervisor of a production software team just because he's been at Ford the longest. These are just two different worlds, and they don't mesh well together, which is why some of these production products are a disaster. People should be promoted based on the quality of their work, not for how many years they can sit behind the same desk. I have yet to meet someone at Ford who understands the difference between good software and bad software. People seem to think that if "it works," then it's good software and the project is good to ship. No! That is absolutely wrong! Just because the software works in a black-box test environment doesn't mean it's robust, readable, flexible, or maintainable. Some of the software I've seen has been an absolute nightmare, and my superiors refuse to let me make it any better because "it already works." Come back to me in 5 years when you have to make a change that becomes impossible to implement and tell me "it works."

Pros: It has a great work environment.

Cons: There is no opportunity for growth for technical talent.