gmtoday (AKA Greater Milwaukee's Trusted News Source) posted an article on their website by Brooks Johnson on Saturday, July 8, 2023, that contained a very interesting statement (paragraph 7): "Amid all this pressure, CEO Mike Roman is orchestrating... — read more
When do severance checks post?
I've heard from colleagues who were JEP'd last year that they received their severance check before the end of their first month of being a non-3Mer. June 30th was my last day and my final paycheck posted as usual. I had another deposit from 3M... — read more
Q2 earning call
Anyone wants to predict how's the outcome? Anymore restructuring to be announced?
Atherstone
Makes you think
Years without a promotion
I find it really strange that a person stayed here for years despite not getting promoted for all those years (7 years or more). But this does not seem to be a rare case here at all. What's the deal? I would never stay anywhere and stagnate for... — read more
Spinco
The separated healthcare business will pay a $7.5 billion dividend to the parent, which would also continue to own just under 20% of the company that it will liquidate over time. ST. PAUL, Minn. – October 11, 2019 – 3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced it... — read more
New study finds PFAS "forever chemicals" in drinking water from 45% of faucets across U.S.
Almost half of the United States' tap water is estimated to have one or more PFAS, known as "forever chemicals," according to a new study. The U.S. Geological Survey tested tap water from 716 locations, including 269 private wells and 447 public... — read more
What's the point of being a high performer?
So many high performers I know have been laid off, while those who are at best average are still here. So what's the point of giving it your best? Is there one?
Ways to boost morale
Maybe those at the top don't think that the departure of experienced employees is a big problem, or maybe they do, but I don't have any hopes that they will do something about it. I'm wondering though, hypothetically speaking, what could they... — read more
3Mhealth.com email
IT is converting all A# @3M.com email addresses to A# @3Mhealth.com email addresses. If the name wasnt going to be 3M Health Care, why would IT use 3Mhealth as the domain? Unless they are going to switch everything twice?!
TTS renamed back to IT
After several rounds of renaming, 3M decided it is best to name this department ----- IT. Wonder how much resources it has spend to keep changing the names
Not a single employee is happy
No matter working on the floor or on the ceiling. Why
Growth is dead
The executive leadership doesn’t appear to know what made 3M great. Margins are down from what they promised Wall Street but 3M is still very profitable, for now. The issue is that growth is dead. MTE, LVS and corporate lab cuts mean less new... — read more
No high hopes
Somehow I still haven't lost hope that there could be some improvement here, but no matter whom I talk to, no one has much hope left. Why? Have you lost all faith in our leadership's judgments?
Severance Agreements
Anyone not signing the agreement today?
Hope things start looking up soon for 3M
As everyone knows, mother mining recently laid off about 10% of her workforce. I was, in fact, one of the casualties. I feel for my fellow 3M'ers who were recently let go. Now as a shareholder, that means 9000+ less employees on the books. Assuming... — read more
Tireman hires former coworkers
Tireman has brought in former buddies from past companies as SVP executives who are once again under qualified to lead such a large globally diversified mfg conglomerate.
2 new ESC SVPs
Let’s extend warm welcome to the two SVPs to ESC family
Visits
How did the visits to Aycliffe and Bangor go over the last few days ????
3M Health Care
3M previously announced it would retain a 19.99 percent interest in whomever purchased the remaining 80.01 of their Health Care division. Mr. Rohit Kashyap a former KCI president, recently left MiMedx, to return to a key 3M Health Care competitor... — read more
How long have you been looking for alternatives?
I'm getting a little desperate because I haven't been able to get a better offer for months now.
Snakes in Suits when Psychopaths go to work - Recommended read for 3M employees
In this book you can see the similarities to Monish and PG. What makes Psychopaths intriguing is the fact they often are more effective in achieving their objectives than non-Psychopaths. Psychopathy is a debilitation of moral conscience (or just... — read more
Q2 Results
With only 2 days till quarter end (at time of posting), what is the feeling for the results, more heart ache and carnage from a so called leadership team? More "Trust the process"??
What's everyone doing with GESPP / employee stock?
I reduce my percentage of paycheck down to 3% a bit ago, but wondering if people are selling? Or not contributing any more at all?
No respect
Our entire dept doesn't respect supervisor because id--t. 3m is clueless of id--t. No hope for this company if blind eye.
Stockholm syndrome
That's the only thing I can think of as an explanation for why so many good people are still here.
Atherstone's closure turns into a blame game
Blame game was expected, but I'm more interested in whether anyone actually tried to prevent closure from happening? I doubt they did.
Don't try to improve your manager's behavior by changing yourself
I used to believe that being kind to bad people would somehow change them. I was wrong. Take my toxic manager, for instance. I went above and beyond, listened to his nonsense, and even did everything he asked, no matter how unreasonable it was. But... — read more
Jet Tracker Update - June 23
The planes have been busy lately. For company that some here says might go bankrupt the jet fuel is still flowing. Updates from June 10 to 23: N73M: Washington DC - One night trip Dallas, TX - Day trip Europe Trip - London (currently on the... — read more
We haven't seen anything yet
Expect more turbulence in the future. Those who think we have hit rock bottom are in for a treat.
UK VP Visits
Bangor & Aycliffe confirmed for VP visits next week. Will this be further bad news for UK plants with what's happened to Atherstone yesterday?
Enough’s enough
18 years and I walked off the line today. Why? DEI hypocrisy. We have a new female plant manager who is a total bully. And I mean the petty, juvenile kind that makes everyone sick to be around. After weeks of unnecessary abuse, I finally had to... — read more
PFAS,,,10.3 billion to be paid by mm
Just announced by KR,, 10.3 billion to be paid by mm over 10 years,,still not liable gor it so we will just pay this to water companies to take our cr-p out of the publics water
Ignorance or Intentional???
SpinCo Plants seem to not be immune to layoffs. Key players in the growth of new product lines getting their jobs eliminated at the worst time to support SpinCo growth. It’s either St Paul is so disconnected to the cuts they’re making that they don’t... — read more
3M Atherstone to close
12-15 month run down period.
New plant reporting structure
Anyone thinks the new plant reporting structure - force fit by BG... Will it works? Or is it going to be another mess that will need restructuring 2 years later? Somehow there is an elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about.
What's going on at Hutch
Seems everything there is chaos...
Life is better outside of 3M
I'm writing this only as advice to those who hesitate to leave here because they fear a new beginning. You are not alone, there are a lot of people who are actually afraid to start somewhere new. I've been through that myself, it was a hard... — read more