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Fortune
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Ford CEO says he has 5,000 open jobs with up to 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: 'We are in trouble in our country'

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Ford’s CEO Jim Farley thinks America needs a wake-up call.

Speaking on the Office Hours: Business Edition podcast, Farley said Ford had 5,000 open mechanic positions that it hasn’t been able to fill, despite the possibility of an eye-popping $120,000 salary—nearly double the American worker’s median salary.

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