Ford in trouble, will cut 1,400 jobs via retirement as profits lag

Ford Motor Co. is cutting about 5% of its US salaried workers as part of a sweeping reorganization, which could include layoffs, in a move to help the automaker reverse its declining fortunes.

File photo of Ford logo used for representational purpose. (REUTERS)
File photo of Ford logo used for representational purpose.

The automaker is offering its white-collar workers buyouts to try to achieve staff cuts of 1,400 positions as part of a global overhaul designed to make the company more competitive and profitable. Ford expects its first full-year loss in a decade this year.

“We’re in a multi-year process of making Ford more fit and effective," Kumar Galhotra, Ford’s president of the Americas and international markets, said in a memo Wednesday to some 30,000 salaried workers in the U.S. “Our hope is to reach fitness targets with the voluntary incentive program. If that doesn’t happen, involuntary separations may be required."

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Ford cut 7,000 salaried positions worldwide last year in the first round of its multi-year makeover, including 2,300 in the US The carmaker said it expected the move will save $600 million a year. It had a worldwide workforce of 190,000 at the end of 2019.

Ford’s latest retrenchment comes as Jim Farley prepares to take over as chief executive officer on Oct. 1 from current CEO Jim Hackett. Farley has promised to “swing for the fences" to return Ford’s North American region to a 10% profit margin.

Ford hasn’t released financial details of the latest buyouts, but it said it is offering them to U.S. salaried workers with 30 years of service, or who are 55 or older with at least 10 years and those 65 or older with at least five years on the job.

First Published Date: 03 Sep 2020, 08:09 AM IST
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