Money Bigger cuts expected: 23,000 more Ford layoffs needed, analysts say May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Bigger cuts expected: 23,000 more Ford layoffs needed, analysts say Ford CEO Jim Hackett plans for layoffs won't deliver savings the company has said it wants. An analyst says another 23,000 layoffs are needed.