another 440 jobs to go at Ford

[Jason[98.EL]]

http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories...id=772582&vId=

another link to geelong addy

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/...8011_news.html

just heard on sky news ford are currently in talks with the union and workers about cutting 440 jobs split between the Geelong and broady plants

they are saying that it will be a 50/50 split

hope all our mates here on aff are not in the firing line

[Polyal]

Things will progressively get worse before they turn around. Good luck to those involved. If they are tradies then I would be hitting up mining hire companies pronto.

There is good and bad on the horizon, the sad fact is that all industries dont stay the same forever. I just hope those effected get the support they need.

[Brazen]

Depressing news, good luck to all those affected.

[RASER]

Originally Posted by Brazen

Depressing news, good luck to all those affected.

Indeed.

Sorry for the older workers, they have almost zero chance to find work out north.

They will never recover from this, the name is now totally bashed, bit like the Magna/380 job, [mind u Mitsubishi have done real well with just importing, as did Nissan before them] the Asians have flooded the market with perhaps better suited and much cheaper vehicles, THE MARKET HAS SPOKEN.

FoA, just pull the pin now, your flogging a more than dead horse, less than 150 cars a day cannot and will not work, billions outlay for this tiny return is insane.

This is just the slow build up to shutting down totally, they know it, we know it.

The ONLY save i see is slash the price by a massive amount, to say $29,999 driveaway [or less], $40k is laalaa land for the average punter.

So now we will have a 2 horse race, BigT[tm.F/O] v The General slogging it out, i think the lion brand will blink first, Toyota for the win.

And then...car manufacture in Australia....TheEnd!

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by RASER

Indeed.


So now we will have a 2 horse race, BigT[tm.F/O] v The General slogging it out, i think the lion brand will blink first, Toyota for the win.

And then...car manufacture in Australia....TheEnd!

Toyota need Ford & GM too keep the parts manufacturing going. those suppliers cannot rely on Toyota alone..

[joolz]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

Toyota need Ford & GM too keep the parts manufacturing going. those suppliers cannot rely on Toyota alone..

So true, If only one of the local car manufacturers go under alot of suppliers in Australia will also follow along with tool makers not just for the Automotive industry.

[jpd80]

Sorry I'm late to thread, so sad to hear so many skilled employees will be leaving Ford,
all of our thoughts should be with those good people and their families at this time....

[turbodewd]

Personally, Im convinced Ford could have done an ad campaign for the EcoLPI.

Cheaper to fill than a Mazda, more powerful, just as 'green'.

Feel the Difference?

I feel indifference from Ford AU marketing department!

[GASWAGON]

Originally Posted by turbodewd

Personally, Im convinced Ford could have done an ad campaign for the EcoLPI.

Cheaper to fill than a Mazda, more powerful, just as 'green'.

Feel the Difference?

I feel indifference from Ford AU marketing department!

Too late mate....too late! Look at the price of gas today, a whole 55c.... The $2 Grand Prix could have been on prime time...

[Pepscobra]

just heard this on the radio news.
Not good at all; best wishes to the people/families affected.
Unfortunately sometimes things have to get worse before they can get better.

[CAMS290]

Sign of the times, not just the automotive industry.

[Murph-51]

My thoughts and best wishes to all those affected, the country slowly but surely continues to slide.......
Think the unemployment rate will hit 5.7% quicker than what they estimate

[Resurrection]

At the rate they are going, the Falcon will be lucky to survive until 2016 when the run of the FG is planned to end.

[SpoolMan]

There hoping voluntary redundancies will take up most of those numbers, in the past they haven't had to much trouble with voluntary taking the offer first.

[Shonky.]

Originally Posted by SpoolMan

There hoping voluntary redundancies will take up most of those numbers, in the past they haven't had to much trouble with voluntary taking the offer first.

would be a good outcome


best of luck to all those screwing together our favourite car, love your work!

[Jason[98.EL]]

another artical this one confirms the job cuts

http://www.bayfm.com.au/index.php/ne...bs-get-the-axe

my thoughts go out to all involved

[Gobes32]

It's a sign of the economy I guess. Seems like so long ago since there was a good news announcement.

[fordposter]

Anther article about the job cuts:
http://www.caradvice.com.au/182102/f...cuts-440-jobs/

Scaling back on vehicle production by 30% - what a massive cut! Thats 209 vehicles a day to 148!

[WPR1]

Sack the advertising department - they are useless!!!

Ford have the best range of cars they have ever had they need to tell people about it. Look at the great Jeep ads and their sales have increased 137%!!!!!!

Come on Ford advertising!

[BroadyFord]

Ah! The annual mass-sacking and "rebalancing" - usually occurs around about this time of year.

Ford must be down to less than 1000 manufacturing staff after this, correct me if I'm wrong?

That's 1,480 jobs gone since 2008 on my calculations.

[RASER]

Originally Posted by WPR1

Sack the advertising department - they are useless!!!

Look at the great Jeep ads and their sales have increased 137%!!!!!!

One word

SUV's

F150.F150.F150.F150.F150.F150.F150.F150.F150....

[turboxf]

Originally Posted by WPR1

Sack the advertising department - they are useless!!!

Ford have the best range of cars they have ever had they need to tell people about it. Look at the great Jeep ads and their sales have increased 137%!!!!!!

Come on Ford advertising!

Don't blame them all the time, it is the FORD owner not telling the friends ( other makes of cars ) how GREAT my FORD is , do you wan't a test drive, lets go to the nearest FORD dealer & have a ball testing all the FORD range of big sized vehicles.
Word of mouth & testing vehicles is better than spending money on ADS ???????.

At least our economy isn't in the shitter like most euro countries are now!!!!!!!!!

[BroadyFord]

^^ Yep 148 cars per day is just woeful.

Ford manufacturing in Australia is DEAD! NOTHING can sugarcoat this which ever way you look at it.

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by BroadyFord

^^ Yep 148 cars per day is just woeful.

Ford manufacturing in Australia is DEAD! NOTHING can sugarcoat this which ever way you look at it.

You must be overjoyed with this news eh? Because the only time you surface on this forum is for topics of this nature with the same sort of posts.

[Joe5619]

Originally Posted by BroadyFord

^^ Yep 148 cars per day is just woeful.

Ford manufacturing in Australia is DEAD! NOTHING can sugarcoat this which ever way you look at it.

That is just a silly comment. With all the down days, 148-ish (on average over 5 days) is what Ford has been building for over 6-12 months. The number of cars ACTUALLY being built wont change in November. The remaining workers will go back to 5 days per week, each & every month. With one very good change, more territories will come out the factory & sell Falcons will come out the factory. This is a good thing if you ask me!! It will mean, less discounting on Falcons as they wont have to move as many & profits on Territories is better than Falcon too..

[joolz]

Originally Posted by BroadyFord

^^ Yep 148 cars per day is just woeful.

Can recall the days when the BA was introduced. We were supplying around 700 driveshafts per day.

But For Daniel Andrews to come out saying Ted do something is a bit rich. People simply arent buying cars, instead paying more on just living.

[krypto71]

Originally Posted by joolz

Can recall the days when the BA was introduced. We were supplying around 700 driveshafts per day.

But For Daniel Andrews to come out saying Ted do something is a bit rich. People simply arent buying cars, instead paying more on just living.

For me, your last sentence is correct. I am fortunate to have a good job, on reasonable money, but I am still driving my 03 BA, and a recently acquired 06 mazda 6. Truth be known, I would love to by a new falcon, but I can't justify spending the kind of money required to purchase one. We moved into conservation mode a fair while ago, and live well within our means, for our own sanity. Theres enough pressure financially these days on us all. Wish I could do my bit for Ford Aust, and I do hope the falcon is still around when I can take a trip down that road again.

Cheers
Steve

[Cobramad]

FoA will survive, as an importer of vehicles, unfortunately..
Its a damn shame as they are building their best local vehicles ever.

[RASER]

Originally Posted by Cobramad

FoA will survive, as an importer of vehicles, unfortunately..
Its a damn shame as they are building their best local vehicles ever.

+1

Of course they will, FoA will always be here, now i see NOTHING standing in the way of importing the F150! US$23K! in USA

[Quicksand]

The writing is on the wall. Things have to get worse before they get better? The only thing worse at this stage is shutting down local production, which likely isn't far away. Surely the most diehard Holden fan is starting to get shaken by this. Lets see how hard Holden push without their main rival driving them.

Buy up these Falcon's people and enjoy them while you can. Very sad indeed, sorry to the workers out there impacted by this.