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Ford has been unable to fill some 5,000 openings for mechanics despite offering a salary of $120,000 a year — prompting the company’s chief executive to warn of a dire shortage of skilled tradespeople in the US.
“We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said on an episode of the “Office Hours: Business Edition” podcast published earlier this week.
“We have over a million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians and tradesmen.”
It takes about five years to learn the skills needed to pull a diesel engine out of a Ford Super Duty truck — and the country isn’t training enough people to do it, Farley said.
“We do not have trade schools,” he fumed.
Earlier this year, Ford rolled out a $4 million initiative to fund scholarships for auto technicians.
“We are not investing in educating a next generation of people like my grandfather who had nothing, who built a middle-class life and a future for his family,” Farley said.
nypost.com
Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’
Ford has been unable to fill some 5,000 openings for mechanics despite offering a salary of $120,000 a year — prompting the company’s chief executive to warn of a dire shortage of skilled tradespeople in the US.
“We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said on an episode of the “Office Hours: Business Edition” podcast published earlier this week.
“We have over a million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians and tradesmen.”
It takes about five years to learn the skills needed to pull a diesel engine out of a Ford Super Duty truck — and the country isn’t training enough people to do it, Farley said.
“We do not have trade schools,” he fumed.
Earlier this year, Ford rolled out a $4 million initiative to fund scholarships for auto technicians.
“We are not investing in educating a next generation of people like my grandfather who had nothing, who built a middle-class life and a future for his family,” Farley said.
Ford CEO Jim Farley laments he can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K per year: ‘We are in trouble in our country’
“We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told the “Office Hours: Business Edition” podcast.
nypost.com
