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It's sad that they don't have some sort of retraining for these people.
by gonzo41 3y ago
It's sad that they don't have some sort of retraining for these people.
- throwaway894345 3y agoI'm guessing it's mostly people with deep specialization (and interest) in combustion drive trains (e.g., engineers). I don't think it's feasible to take a combustion drive train engineer with a decade of experience and make them reasonably productive as a battery engineer in a short timeframe. No doubt many of those engineers are capable of making the pivot, but most are likely not particularly interested.
- hgs3 3y agoI assume it's cheaper to hire new employees at base pay than pay to retrain the seasoned employees.
- jupp0r 3y ago> Ford has previously said it is also hiring in some areas, so it’s not clear if these layoffs will result in an overall reduction in Ford’s workforce in the United States or Canada. This might mean that they are eliminating positions, but are possibly filling new ones with the laid off employees where appropriate.