Overview

• Ford shifted most salaried staff to a four-days-in-office requirement on September 1 after trial runs exposed constraints at Dearborn sites.
• Multiple employees say they received automated emails warning of discipline up to termination for insufficient badging despite meeting attendance rules or having approved remote arrangements.
• Human resources director Homer Isaac told an Enterprise Technology all-hands that notices were sent using earlier standards, acknowledged the failure to modify the communications, and said compliant staff should not worry.
• A source said the warnings were generated by an automated HR process that depended on managers to confirm leave or pre-approved remote deals, which led to some incorrect notices.
• Employees reported overcrowding, desk and parking shortages, and a visible anti-RTO protest on meeting room displays, while CEO Jim Farley separately noted a shortage of skilled technicians with more than 6,000 dealership bays unstaffed and repair waits around two weeks.