Ford

Despite being over 100 years old, Ford is an up-and-coming automaker with a bright future.

It's really nice to (finally) receive all the positive press and gain respect relative to peers in the industry.

The executive management team is talented, bold, and willing to make difficult decisions.

The strategy set forth from Alan's team is clear and spot-on: profitable growth from a global product-led revolution.

And the top management really make an effort to inform employees about certain topics regarding the company which would not normally be known.

The company offers very competitive benefits and salary, and has policies in place for very flexible work schedules and arrangements to help support work-life integration.

Hours can be long. The consecutive years of rightsizing the company have cut the employee base to the bare minimum necessary to operate. Thus, we're all working very hard. Some middle management at the company needs improvement, especially related to a lack of leadership. Sometimes it seems they want to pass the buck to upper management and let them decide everything. Also, promotions have been rare recently and probably will be for the near future, so career development is stalled.

To the leadership at Ford, full speed ahead!

Continue to drive high-quality, technology-rich products into the market, and Ford will be rewarded.

International cooperation and coordination could be improved. Although One Ford is being fully implemented, there are still disconnects at the middle-management and working levels that should be addressed.

Also, Ford needs to solve the career development problem. How do you convince top achievers that they have upward mobility when there have been no promotions?