Ford Motor Company calls majority of workforce into office 4 days a week

Nora Eckert · Thomson Reuters

· Posted: Jun 26, 2025 7:45 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Ford Motor Company is calling the bulk of its salaried workforce backmost to the bureau four days a week, the automaker's latest effort to boost worker and institution performance.

"Many of our employees person been successful the bureau 3 oregon much days per week for immoderate clip now," a Ford spokesperson said successful a connection successful effect to a Reuters query. 

"We judge moving unneurotic successful idiosyncratic connected a day-to-day ground volition assistance accelerate Ford's translation into a higher growth, higher margin, little cyclical and much dynamic company," it said.

The spokesperson said the caller argumentation affects the bulk of its planetary salaried workforce, but declined to supply a circumstantial number. Ford notified employees of the updated argumentation connected Wednesday, and it takes effect Sept. 1, the spokesperson said. 

Businesses astir the satellite person grappled with however overmuch flexibility to let workers since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Some, specified arsenic JPMorgan and Amazon, person mandated that hybrid workers instrumentality 5 days a week. 

Ford's crosstown rival General Motors faced backlash successful precocious 2022 for calling workers backmost into the bureau for 3 days a week. The institution backed disconnected the argumentation earlier implementing it successful 2023.

The Detroit automakers person been trying to woo executives from Silicon Valley who are accustomed to a much flexible moving style, portion besides implementing much strenuous bonus and attendance policies to instill a consciousness of urgency arsenic the companies contention against electrical conveyance giants similar Tesla.

Ford successful February slashed banal bonuses for galore of its mediate managers, successful what the institution said was a determination to incentivize improved performance.

GM past twelvemonth changed its worker show valuation ranking to a strategy that enactment much unit connected debased performers to amended oregon leave.