Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly

TL;DR: Don't buy a Ford.

Brought to you by the same people who forgot they are a car company and stopped making cars.

If you do, at the very least negotiate a much higher salary. They will be desperate, make it hurt them.

They did? What else is Ford making?

How do you know that the automation they're talking about is LLMs?

Trucks. The only car Ford makes any more is the Mustang.

Hired back for the short term, I hope they realize…

Are you including SUVs and vans in "trucks"?

Could be, but given how genAI has trained on the whole of recorded human knowledge and still can't accomplish basic addition in many cases, chances aren't awful that these people will remain essential, given that Ford insists on adhering to this imprecise process.

Yes, as the Federal Government does as well when it comes to emissions laws

All the US automakers are the same. They went through this in the mid 2000s too. Back then it was cutting engineering staff to save profits and outsourcing.

Until that decision showed in Part Quality and they got downgraded by JD power and other industry measures. Then management tried save it by putting together teams to rebuild skills and consumer confidence.

One big issue was interior plastic panels with visible/touchable sharp split lines with flash. Picture shitty army men miniatures.

My niece cut her calf open on a razor sharp flash edge of a dodge map pocket. That's how bad it had gotten.

One visit I went to the GM tech center to consult on some better part options, the office had about 150 cubicals and there were like 3 people working there.
Outsourcing killed a ton of legacy knowledge with the layoffs.

And the execs that made thr decision to fire in the first place will be punished by giving them bonuses.