Ford

Ford is in general a good company to work for. They provide good pay and decent benefits. Most coworkers are very nice and helpful. Work is very individual, but there is a very tight-knit team structure within most groups. There are many cool benefits depending on your job role. If you travel a lot (e.g., Site STA or Launch STA), you may receive more perks than otherwise.

Beware that the FCG program functions within a specific group. Within STA (Supplier Technical Assistance), you are allowed only one 1-year rotation outside of STA and two must be within STA. This is very limiting if you find that you would rather not work within supplier quality.

The communication upfront was not clear with me. I did not know what STA was until my first day on the job. Prior to that, I was told that I was being hired as a technical specialist, which is not at all the case. Technical specialists are promoted after working many, many years within the company and developing specific technical expertise.

Also, Ford has lately been reorganizing due to low profit margins and striving to compete in the electrical vehicle world. This means that job security is not great these days.