Anyone would care to chime in with a prediction about potential 3M layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
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IMPD to be sold, no more mining for 3M
Fairmont is an SIBG plant, but not all products belong to SIBG:
Dual Lock™ Reclosable Fasteners and Dual Lock™ Piece Parts
Hook and Loop Fasteners (formerly known as Scotchmate™) - a competitor to Velcro
Bumpon™ Protective Products
EBL Fastening Products (the loop half of the hook & loop closures on diapers)
fairmont is such a lovely place with its lakes, didnt think this would close, 2nd oldest plant in 3m
SIBG? It used to be products for EMD. @42n
@426 what divisions affected by this plant?
Fairmont was told their pl a nt is closing by 4th quarter 2026... was told on Thursday...
Expect a few people being picked off every month. It's all part of BBs psyops to get people spooked so that they leave voluntarily and don't get a severance. BB needs that money for more stock buybacks. The latest round where a lot of people just got handed a 2 (below average) ranking is another psyops move. Make people feel the walls are closing in so they jump ship.
Don't. Give. In. If they tell you that you are below average, then start working below average. Your boss who followed orders and threw people under the bus will not survive if people start working poorly. He or she will get a 2 and be escorted out of the Center by year end.
Bundle up in frigid Minnesota. BB is will be enjoying Florida sunshine and millions on his yacht this weekend.
Here in IT I have heard nothing from my management regarding the employee survey results….anyone in IT hear about any feedback in their IT division?
@39v definitely layoffs happening in IT, but I don't know the details.
What’s going on in the IT org?
uk plant bangor has taken on employees, 5 in nov and another 5 next week,we are flying , production way up, great workers and the bump cap issue is not one, just wear it and get on with it, looking forward to another 20 years
@2zh what plant?
@318 what site?
I am working from plants and I can confirm their focus is on reducing headcount now. And its getting harder to promote >jg12 needs SVP approval
At corporate it seems like plant reviews are ongoing. RTO was a smokescreen
Is the layoff done or still being processed? 7 was let go yesterday at my site.
Confirmed layoffs at the plants. Plant I work with had two laid off in management with no confirmation as to new structure.
@2vh at a smaller site and staying anon but we lost some at our plant and I know of a couple other locations that were affected
Salary employees were notified of their termination this morning at the Decatur site. No details on how many or which departments, but we were told this is a company wide effort.... Interested to hear what other sites have been impacted.
@2at the goal isn't to grow anything anymore.
Bill's priority is to cut costs so that the pieces of 3M are attractive to buyers.
And the best way to do that is to get rid of employees.
@2at the number of marketing people across all the businesses and areas is insane. Has nothing to do with commercial center and outsourcing or not.
Marketing cuts would be premature. They need Commercial Center that operates efficiently and points of contact first. Right now the CC seems so outsourced that it is overly focused on standardized work and forcing marketing to comply, instead of marketing driven toward customer needs. Cutting marketing or centralizing in this environment might cut costs but won’t grow anything.
They would be devoid of consultants, for one thing.
What would 3M offices be like without word salads and acronyms
As someone once remarked, "I recognize those as English words, but when put together they mean nothing"
@21s how about in full english
Global vertical moving to centralized commercial for all platformed product per decentralized consult
@1y9 what does this mean? centralized meaning vertical and product platform all move to.... global commercial? or vertical moving to product platform?
any one noticing in the plants atm, rapid low‑skill hiring,CBRE embedded for near a year, safety upgradeson machines,tax‑rebate funded improvements,Q1 restructuring talk,management vagueness.
Any word on TEBG?
Buckle up TEBG marketers. Big restructuring to hit in early 2026. Apparently VPs and Directors have already been informed to plan their cuts and all marketing roles will come out of the product teams into one central department.
Buckle up for layoff announcements.
Is it possible that the reason plants must develop their own plan is because no one at the central office has any idea about how to develop plans?
Folks in plants wanted the ‘office’ employees to stop complaining about RTO
That's the problem.
They pit worker against worker, so the folks in the plants are busy whining about how unfair it is that they can't work from home and how we needed to get rid of WYW to make things fair.
Meanwhile Bill Brown and the rest of his talentless cronies are happily watching attrition drive the number on the expense report down, rubbing their hands together like Monty Burns.
Folks in plants wanted the ‘office’ employees to stop complaining about RTO, but RTO led to the ability to review and analyze plant closures in person? Sounds like C-Suite played worker against worker! Everyone lost!
@ bf your information is accurate. There has been talks about asking plants to establish their own Site management plans. Those who are unable to display any advantage would be primed to FMR closure soon.
Predict cuts at plants, as review and analysis deepens in Q1 2026. Follow travel from corporate. Plant capacity has been under review in HQ since RTO
BB would be 64 next year. Likely couple more years of layoff before he retires from 3M