It also came alongside a significant shift in workplace policy from the company that helped establish the traditional five-day, 40-hour workweek as the norm: the start of its new hybrid work model where non-site-dependent employees could work flexibly between a Ford campus location and remote. "We're a company that is always looking for ways to improve," said Joe Hinrichs, Ford president of global operations. "This was a great opportunity to really look at the way we work and to improve it, and it's really working out for us."
Ford's hybrid work model, which is rolling out in stages, will have a full rollout in 2020. It will give employees the option of working flexibly, on a project-to-project basis, between a Ford campus location — which can be as small as a single room — and remote. In the meantime, Ford has created