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Who says Ford fired any employees? The article doesn't.

avgDev 4mo ago
"Ford rehires 350 engineers after AI fails to preserve expertise or train juniors" In order to rehire someone they must laid off or fired? You don't rehire new employees?
- Legend2440 4mo ago
  Farther down it clarifies that only some of them were former employees, and others were poached from other companies: >Over the last three years, Ford says it has hired 350 veteran engineers, many of them former employees and others from suppliers And not all former employees were laid off. Senior 'greybeards' have many job opportunities elsewhere and often leave for better offers.
  - nomel 4mo ago
    > many of them former employees > And not all former employees were laid off. Thanks for confirming that the article does say that Ford did, indeed, fire and rehire some employees.
    - Legend2440 4mo ago
      The article does not say that any of the former employees had been fired. You just want to believe in the narrative that companies who lay people off for AI will regret it. Narratives are dumb.
      - nomel 4mo ago
        I genuinely don't care about any of this. I'm just reading what's written: > And not all former employees were laid off. To me, this is very clearly saying that SOME were former employees that were laid off, just not ALL were.
        ahahahahah 4mo ago
        That's just you misreading the comment. That quote is not from the article.
foxyv 4mo ago
I think most of them were losses by attrition. Where they don't replace lost employees. That's usually the preferred method of downsizing if you can get away with it.
bluefirebrand 4mo ago
What is the point of a comment like this? This article may not mention anything but it doesn't exist in a vacuum. Go search "Ford Layoffs 2025" and see for your self It's not up for debate whether they did or didn't lay people off recently. They unambiguously did.
- reaperducer 4mo ago
  What is the point of a comment like this? Deflection.
  - red-iron-pine 4mo ago
    brand bots be active on HN as they are anywhere else

"Ford rehires 350 engineers after AI fails to preserve expertise or train juniors" In order to rehire someone they must laid off or fired? You don't rehire new employees?

Legend2440 4mo ago
Farther down it clarifies that only some of them were former employees, and others were poached from other companies: >Over the last three years, Ford says it has hired 350 veteran engineers, many of them former employees and others from suppliers And not all former employees were laid off. Senior 'greybeards' have many job opportunities elsewhere and often leave for better offers.
- nomel 4mo ago
  > many of them former employees > And not all former employees were laid off. Thanks for confirming that the article does say that Ford did, indeed, fire and rehire some employees.
  - Legend2440 4mo ago
    The article does not say that any of the former employees had been fired. You just want to believe in the narrative that companies who lay people off for AI will regret it. Narratives are dumb.
    - nomel 4mo ago
      I genuinely don't care about any of this. I'm just reading what's written: > And not all former employees were laid off. To me, this is very clearly saying that SOME were former employees that were laid off, just not ALL were.
      - ahahahahah 4mo ago
        That's just you misreading the comment. That quote is not from the article.

foxyv 4mo ago

I think most of them were losses by attrition. Where they don't replace lost employees. That's usually the preferred method of downsizing if you can get away with it.

bluefirebrand 4mo ago

What is the point of a comment like this? This article may not mention anything but it doesn't exist in a vacuum. Go search "Ford Layoffs 2025" and see for your self It's not up for debate whether they did or didn't lay people off recently. They unambiguously did.

reaperducer 4mo ago
What is the point of a comment like this? Deflection.
- red-iron-pine 4mo ago
  brand bots be active on HN as they are anywhere else