Auto companies are racing to meet an electric future, and transforming the workforce
The auto industry is undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation and not just blue-collar workers are feeling the impact. Some white-collar jobs are now at risk.
The work weeks are long and exhausting for 28-year-old assembly line worker Jaylin Jones.
For eleven hours a day, sometimes six days a week, Jones and a couple hundred other workers race to assemble Ford's slick new pick-up truck known as the Lightning.
"It's always busy in here," says Jones, who spent years working on the gas-powered F-150 and was recently retrained to work on its electric counterpart. "High demand, so we got to put them out."
So many customers placed initial orders for the Lightning, Ford hit its
