Ford is expected announce as many as 13,000 job cuts today, including 11,000 hourly positions and 2,000 salaried jobs. That figure is on top of the 44,000 jobs the automaker has slashed since early 2006 when its restructuring began.
Ford has not yet confirmed the move, but the Wall Street Journal claims the company will announce the cuts later today.
Ford said it reduced personnel by 32,800 in 2007. Worldwide, Ford has a total of 245,000 employees. However, most of the job cuts in recent years have related to the company’s North American operations, and more specifically factory jobs.
