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Ford can be smart about getting more buy-out takers,if they do just 1 simple adjustment ,offer another 50-10 with instead of the buy-out of the insurance coverage at the ripe old age of 55,simple drop the age to 50 years of age!Now if G.M. would do this to their employees,it would'nt be a problem getting enough people to exit..

The majority of Ford employees are around the 50 year mark with 17 plus years in.Alot would take the 50-10 package if Ford would lower the age from 55-to 50, and take the insurance buyout package like myself.If not, alot of us are just going to hang around and be placed somewhere within the Ford ranks. With everyone thats already left the Company,I would think with that senority,where high on the totem pole!

IF FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS ANOTHER ROUND OF BUY-OUTS,IN THE FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER,WILL THEY LOWER THE AGE FROM 55 TO 50 TO OPT OUT OF YOUR INSURANCE AND OFFER A 50-10 PACKAGE TO LEAVE THE COMPANY,IN THESE BAD ECONOMIC TIMES! MEANING,YOU STILL GET A PENSION FOR HAVING OVER10 IN,PLUS YOU TAKE THE 140,000 DOLLARS WITH-OUT ANY INSURANCE COVERAGE...

Chrysler was just notified of a new round of buy-outs today,2-2-2009,so I would guess all the others will follow suit....

Need-less to say,its a shame that we have personnel in our Management ranks,that rather dont know how to lead or think that they can do whatever they want,and nothing will be done or that their not responsible for their actions,and of course this is not what Ford had in mine.Ford has a job to do,a profit to make and the time is near when the union and the management must work as a team to get the jobs done.I had the opportunity to travel around to different divisions and relay some cost cutting solutions to upper management.I dont know the employee count at the Evansville HVC,but I do know that some of the HVC centers have less than 50 total employees in them on all shifts .The problem that I see here is that there is not enought responsibilities to have a Manager making 250,000 and a supt.making 150,000 a year when it would only take 1 man to do the job and save Ford money on their own down-sizing effort..So maybe its a matter of time to see a change,but remember we have a job to do,Ford doesnt owe us anything...

Buy Outs will be around March-April 2009,Ford should lower the buy-out option from 55 to 50 ,so people that want to take buy-outs of their insurance can do so,take the 140,000 upon leaving the company,better yet offer employees a 35,000-50,000 thousand dollars bonus to leave the company with a 50-10 retirement program,Ford would get plenty to leave with either program and benefit from the lower wage employees,lower insurance coverage,401 instead of the retirement program,look at the possibiliies Ford could save,,,