Ford

Nothing worth writing about. Anything you can get from Ford, you can get from other OEMs like GM and Chrysler.

Terrible work environment; dark, windowless corner of the building.

Management continually likes to change expectations for deliverables or add deliverables that cannot be reached by designated milestones.

It is very, very difficult to deliver a program given the massive number of processes and rules that must be followed.

Expectation is you are available 24/7 (cell phone has to always be on).

They might say "family first," but the family they mean is the Ford family.

It is almost impossible to get out of the Seating Department once you are in; they will not let people transfer to other departments within the company without a fight and a lot of made-up, unwritten rules that have to be followed first (i.e., you have to have a manager's permission to apply for inter-company roles).

Career growth is stagnant; typically supervisors are hired from outside the company instead of from within.

Salaried engineer bonuses are always less than what UAW members get and continually less than what other comparable OEMs (FCA, GM) get.

Overtime is available, but trying to get paid for your extra time is difficult and must be pre-approved. Rules for overtime are heavily biased in favor of the company (i.e., you must work 11 hours before you can book 1 hour of overtime).

If you decide to work at Ford in Seating, insist on a minimum salary of $100k; you will need at least that much to offset the tons of unpaid overtime you will have to work.

Start realizing that employees are assets and not a necessary evil. The adversarial relationship between programs and commodity engineers does not contribute to the "One Ford" mentality.