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A

Employee Satisfaction, Pulse Survey

Percent satisfied
Employee Satisfaction Index
2007
64
2006
62
2005
62
2004
61
2003
58
2002
59
Company Success Mindset
2007
82
2006
82
2005
83
2004
82
2003
82
2002
82
Management Commitment to Diversity
2007
77
2006
76
2005
77
2004
75
2003
73
2002
74
Overcoming Workplace Obstacles
2007
60
2006
58
2005
58
2004
55
2003
53
2002
53

B

Overall Dealer Attitude

Relative ranking on a scale of 1-100 percent
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Ford (summer/winter score) 58/61 64/67 67/69 70/72 70/64 41/59
Lincoln Mercury (summer/winter score) 46/46 50/50 56/56 64/64 64/64 35/56
Industry (summer/winter score) 67/46 72/56 72/61 73/64 74/64 40/43

C

Employment by Business Unit

Average number of people employed
 
2007
246,000
2006
283,000
2005
300,000
2004
324,864
2003
327,531
2002
323,813
KEY
Automotive Automotive
Financial Services Financial Services

D

Total Average Hourly Labor Costs

$
2007
NA
2006
70.5
2005
64.9
2004
62.9
2003
61.4
2002
52.6

E

Total Purchases from Minority-owned Businesses – United States

$ billion
2007
4.2
2006
3.7
2005
3.7
2004
3.7
2003
3.4
2002
3.2

F

U.S. Employment of Minority-group Personnel and Women at Year-end

Percent
Minority-group personnel - total
2007
24
2006
25
2005
25
2004
25
2003
25
2002
25
Minority-group personnel - salaried
2007
24
2006
23
2005
23
2004
24
2003
24
2002
23
Minority-group personnel - hourly
2007
24
2006
26
2005
26
2004
26
2003
26
2002
26
Women - total
2007
23
2006
23
2005
23
2004
23
2003
23
2002
23
Women - salaried
2007
32
2006
31
2005
31
2004
33
2003
33
2002
34
Women - hourly
2007
17
2006
19
2005
19
2004
19
2003
18
2002
18

G

Charitable Contributions

$ million
 
2007
54
2006
83
2005
108
2004
111
2003
121
2002
131
KEY
Ford Motor Company Fund Ford Motor Company Fund
Corporate Corporate

H

Volunteer Corps

Thousand volunteer hours
2007
86
2006
80
2005
NA
2004
NA
2003
NA
2002
NA

I

Working Conditions Training and Assessment Status for Supply Chain

Working Conditions Assessments (as of 12/31/07) Americas Asia-Pacific and Africa Europe Global Total
Average violations per assessment 11.4 11.1 13.5 11.4
Assessments completed to date 97 284 37 418
Follow-up assessments completed to date (third party and/or internal) 36 130 1 167
Working Conditions Training (as of 12/31/07) Americas Asia-Pacific and Africa Europe Global Total
Training sessions completed to date 20 15 7 42
Total number of attending companies 583 471 171 1,225
Total number of trained managers 758 548 222 1,528
Scope of Impact: Suppler-Submitted Data Global Total
Training cascade to management, individuals trained 6,239
Training cascade to workforce, individuals trained 81,963
Communication to suppliers, number of sub-tier companies 10,079

Americas: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Central America (Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua)
Asia and Africa: China, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand
Europe: Romania, Russia, Turkey

NOTES TO THE DATA

Chart A

In 2006, the Pulse survey was changed to incorporate new dimensions. While there was no change to the number or content of the existing 55 core questions asked on Pulse, they were realigned into eight revised dimensions. These changes were made because the revised dimensions are better focused on current business priorities, provide a framework for more focused feedback and action planning, and two revised dimensions (including the revised Employee Satisfaction Index) can be benchmarked externally.

Table B

The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Dealer Attitude Survey measures overall dealer attitude. Scores are for the summer and winter respectively of the year noted.

Chart C

The approximate number of individuals employed by us and our consolidated entities (including entities we do not control) as of year end. The decrease in employment levels primarily reflects implementation of our personnel-reduction programs in North America.

Chart D

Total average hourly labor costs reflect earnings and benefits per hour worked for hourly employees, excluding subsidiaries.

Chart E

In 2003, we expanded our reporting to include purchases from non-minority women-owned businesses. This accounted for $0.2 billion in 2003 and is not included in data for prior years.

Chart G

See the Community section for a description of our charitable contributions.

Chart H

The Volunteer Corps was founded in 2005, and 2006 is the first year data are available. However, volunteerism and community service have long been a part of Ford's culture.

Table I

While the general findings were consistent with previous years, 2006 saw an increase in the total number of issues identified. We believe that reflects the fact that Ford has become more skilled at identifying potentially at-risk facilities – and thus targeting them for assessments – rather than an actual decline in suppliers' performance.