Ford employees optimistic about future: survey
- Source: Xinhua
- [14:15 March 16 2010]
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Ford Motor Co.'s latest internal employee survey shows employees' confidence in the company's future has reached an all-time high, according to Ford's latest quarterly report.
"It's a very positive reflection of employee confidence in Ford," The Detroit News quoted Ford spokeswoman Marcey Evans as saying on Sunday. "It reflects their confidence in our company and their confidence in our products."
The December results were 2 percentage points higher than the previous survey, conducted last June.
The survey also asked workers if they were looking forward to their future as a Ford employee, and 85 percent said they were.
Ford was the only US automaker to pass on federal bailout and the only one to avoid bankruptcy. Despite an overall decline in car and truck sales, it gained 1.1 percentage points of market share in the United States last year.
That helped the Dearborn automaker earn more than $2.7 billion -- its first annual profit since 2005. Over the past year, Ford's stock has soared to levels not seen since the end of 2004, and the company has restored some of the employee benefits it previously cut.
