#minneapolis

The Star Tribune Guild is opposing planned layoffs at the newspaper. Management announced cuts affecting 15 percent of its workforce. This reduction impacts approximately 65 jobs across departments. The Guild views these layoffs as a direct attack after a Pulitzer Prize win.

Minneapolis, MN

https://patch.com/minnesota/minneapolis/mn-star-tribune-guild-vows-fight-layoffs-after-pulitzer-win

The Minnesota Star Tribune announced workforce reductions. The company will cut 65 jobs, affecting 15% of staff. This addresses ongoing news industry business model challenges. CEO Steve Grove signaled a potential ownership change. The organization plans to transition to a foundation structure.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-star-tribune-cuts-jobs-and-pursues-nonprofit-ownership-structure/601852356

Minneapolis school district leaders acknowledged years of budgeting errors. These miscalculations worsened district deficits and caused staff layoffs. The district specifically miscoded special-education expenditures, losing millions in revenue. Correcting this error will add over $10 million in state revenue for both the current and next fiscal year. This financial improvement allows nearly 110 full-time positions to be saved from previous budget cuts.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-schools-budget-error-worsened-deficit-and-affected-layoffs-years-ago/601838453

Learned of several layoffs today of Investigation reps in Minneapolis. Don’t know the full scope yet, but definitely a thinning of the herd

Today, Cara Sylvester shared that 150 TMs had their remote roles changed to Minneapolis-based hybrid. Impacted TMs seem to be concentrated in core IM and planning, as well as some PIM Ops TMs as well. They stated that they are providing relocation assistance or separation packages.

Just got a call from my director today and have 30 days to decide if I am moving to Minneapolis - 90 days to move if I accept but will be let go if I don't

Main Street Sports Group announced the closure of its Minneapolis operations. This action will result in approximately 20 employee layoffs. The layoffs are scheduled to take effect starting April 14. FanDuel Sports Network North broadcasts Timberwolves, Lynx, and Wild games. The CEO stated that NBA and NHL broadcasts will continue as planned.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/owner-of-fanduel-sports-network-announces-layoffs-in-minnesota/

Building Materials Manufacturing LLC plans to close its Minneapolis facility. This action will result in approximately 120 employee layoffs. The facility manufactures roofing materials for its parent company, GAF. The permanent shutdown is scheduled to occur by April 4. Hourly union employees have bumping rights at GAF's Maple Grove warehouse.

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-business/minneapolis-roofing-facility-to-close-120-layoffs-expected

Minneapolis, Minnesota

GAF is shutting down its Minneapolis manufacturing plant. The move will eliminate 120 local jobs. Operations at the Lowry Avenue facility are scheduled to cease on April 4. GAF cited strategic investments in other facilities for future growth. State officials received a required WARN notice about the closure.

https://patch.com/minnesota/southwestminneapolis/gaf-close-minneapolis-plant-lay-120-workers

In case people have not heard the directors of several LOBs have granted remote work during the time when everything in Minneapolis is going down.

UGH speaks out on what is going on in Minneapolis: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/business/minnesota-companies-ceos-target

At last a voice of reason ! All that noise makes it harder to figure out who to RIF and what life saving claims to deny. Please quite down people, business have work to do!

On a Sunday and of course no mention of safety measures and work from home for Minneapolis employees due to unrest. Typical clown CEO. Donate while I cut your jobs. Can she get any worse?

Did the company communicate WFH for this week for Minnesota? In the office today and there it’s a ghost town

I’ve been in the Minneapolis office and it’s so empty. Are people taking PTO or did some managers actually care and give waivers due to the extreme cold and everything happening here? Personally my manager has not even pretended to care one bit or said anything

The lack of any mention of relaxing RTO minimums while also sending out daily safety alerts (sometimes more than 1 a day) to those of us working in downtown Minneapolis is appalling.

It's minus 8 degrees here in Minneapolis and ice is on the roads. Workers are running cause they're scared. Cold slippery ice causing problems. There is no god here. Let the Workers take over and melt ice.

I work from NYC and was hired as full time remote. I don't think I will be able to move to Minneapolis. Hoping that there is no RTO mandate for people like me.

Heard the Plymouth Aero site in Minneapolis area announced a RIF today. Anyone hear of other sites doing the same?

I have been thinking about writing this post for a while but hoped that by now some things would have changed for the better, but they have not. I have been in the industry for years, my entire career actually which spans over 2 decades. I have worked for small start ups and been with MDT for half of my career now. When I came to MDT we were still at the top in regards to quality and product innovation. Unfortunately around that same time Omar Ishrak came on the scene and it has been nothing but downhill ever since. Omar brought with him the ideas generated by GE and his mentor, Jack Welch. Omar also put all his chips on Hillary winning and Corp taxes stating high in the US, he was dead wrong on both. If you want to look at the future of MDT just look at the last 2 decades of GE.

Omar took all of the profits and plowed them into earnings not into R and D, Medtronic is now faced with the hangover of this gluttonous endeavor. MDT and Geoff Martha have decided that it’s time to be a growth company again. Again, our leaders are wrong…we are far from a growth company and in some divisions we are actually looking at a decade of decline both in surgical reimbursements and in surgical volumes.

MDT has reduced clinical support, outsourced customer service to such places as India and Costa Rica, manufacturing to 3rd world countries, and payroll to a 3rd party. We have more FDA federal corrective actions than the next largest 3 med device companies combined, take a look at the 2 articles that the Minneapolis Star Tribune did towards the end of 2022. The Dominican experiment has officially failed Geoff, you know it, the board knows it, and according to our stock price the street knows it.

If you are thinking that MDT is anything like it was even 6-7 years ago, it is not. If you are a young person who is thinking about getting into Med Device, I would not. This industry in general is falling apart due to horrific leadership among the big 4 and a broken health care system that will ultimately end in Medicare for all.

Geoff Martha is a truly horrible leader. I guess it’s not his fault, it’s seems like he has been told his whole life how good he is at hockey and how handsome he looks in his Christmas sport jackets. Unfortunately we need real men and women of industry to correct the decisions made by a few that have affected the many.

The benefits for those coming in today are no better than what a manager at a local Kroger gets and in some cases worse. Our car reimbursement is laughable, $450/mo plus a pittance per mile is so bad that even Motus will tell you we are in the bottom quartile for what they pay out to other companies field personnel. If you don’t believe me please call Motus yourself, I did and I was shocked when the person laughed when he looked at what we get reimbursed.

Pensions, yeah those ended a while back for any new employees. Last year our 401k match was .66 on the dollar, like I said Kroger managers get more. Healthcare, well, not great either. We have been driven to mediocrity.

Obviously I am looking to leave MDT as soon as possible and hope that all of the talented folks I work with can do the same. We are in very dark times here, and the light that we are seeing is not the light at the end of the tunnel but the light from a train getting ready to run us over.

Oh and Intersect is truly horrible. Thanks Brett Wall you egotistical fu-k for flushing over a billion down for this trash.