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Once upon a time, Ford was a career company. Now, opportunities for advancement are very limited

Product Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Ford for less than 1 year
June 1, 2009
Dearborn, Michigan
3.0
Approves of CEO
Pros

Peer employees are helpful.

Out-of-college salary is initially competitive.

A global company with a long reach.

Cons

Very limited career progression opportunities. Highly silo'ed organizations. No cross-functional leadership programs. Not a lot of diversity in management. Lack of tuition assistance and/or other developmental training. Management is happy to have high-potential employees stay in the same job year after year instead of looking for development opportunities. Given this, many leave the company, and those who are left are middle to low performers.

Advice to Management

Re-evaluate the leadership programs to be more cross-functional and allow employees to grow in the company.

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