Ford CEO Jim Hackett had the perfect response after a group of virtue-signaling employees called on the major auto manufacturer to stop making police vehicles, which they say "perpetuate racism in society" and are "accessories to police brutality and oppression."
What are the details?
According to auto news site Jalopnik, a contingent of black and white employees at Ford Motor Company recently penned a letter airing their grievances over the company's relationship with numerous police departments in America — about two-thirds of police vehicles in the country are Fords.
In the letter, the employees argued that Ford, by building vehicles used by police, is actively sustaining racism and oppression in America. As a way to address this, they urged executives to discontinue all production of police vehicles.
Here's a portion of the letter:
On June 1st, you communicated to the company your commitment to "lead from the front and fully commit to creating the fair, just and inclusive culture that our employees deserve." We thank you for your leadership on this initiative. We also appreciate and fully support your statement against "superficial actions," and we write to push for real action by Ford Motor Company to address our role in the structures that perpetuate racism in society.
How did the CEO respond?
Inevitably, Hackett caught wind of the letter, or at least its sentiment, and addressed the issue in an office memo.
In the memo, he kindly but forcefully clapped back at the demands with logic and common sense.
Here's an example: "The issues plaguing police credibility have nothing to do with the vehicles they're driving." One would think such a notion would be obvious, but evidently it needed to be explained.
More from the memo:
As we imagine the future power of our connected vehicles, smarter Ford vehicles can be used to not only improve officers' ability to protect and serve, but also provide data that can make police safer and more accountable. Just think, dating back to the Model T, Ford has more than 100 years in serving first responders and that leadership over the decades has been earned by co-developing our purpose-built vehicles and technologies with police and emergency agencies to make our vehicles the number one choice.
By taking away our Police Interceptors, we would be doing harm to their safety and making it harder for them to do their job. Again, this is why, given our insights, new capabilities and leadership, I believe these unfortunate circumstances present Ford with an even greater opportunity to not only innovate new solutions but also leverage our unique position to support the dialogue and reform needed to create safer communities for all.
PJ Media provided a shortened translation of the memo: "No. We're not going to stop making police cars. Now get back to work."
Replies
Amen...!
Interesting how employees that have not taken any risk or invested any of their money in a busines suddenly think they are in a position to call company policy.
PDE: Predatory Delusional Entitlement.
During my days as an engineer at Ford, it seemed that we were regularly sent to "training" due to an unknown individual's butt-hurt. Ford allowed the farthest hair on the tail of the dog to wag the entire company. Womyn engineers cried sexism and sexual harassment every time they made an engineering mistake. Competent and honorable engineers lost their jobs to the lies of incompetent womyn.
I remember when we were sent to "tranny" sensitivity training. Most of us didn't know what a "tranny" was. As engineers, our focus was on solving/resolving technical issues.
The various trainings served to shut us down as engineers. Never address engineering issues, do not dare to offend. I'm thankful to observe the beginning of the rebirth of rational thought at Ford...
Get back yo work or get the hell OUT, PERIOD! I LOVE IT!!
Thats not what he said at all. He said Ford will continue to be part of the solution and not be part of the problem.
Pretty damn CLOSE!!!
What I would like to see them do is concentrate their energy to produce a fine truck or auto that is safe and never ever has a recall notice. They spend too much production time with issues that have absolutely nothing to do with production and making the finest vehicles in the world.
Amen. I've driven F-series pickups my entire life. As a senior, I can't afford any new vehicle. I'm looking for a pre-sixties farm truck as my daily driver.
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