So, finally, it happened.
First, I want to thank Piotr S. for doing what almost nobody else had the courage to do — breaking the silence and speaking the truth. In that moment, you showed more humanity, more integrity, and honestly more leadership than an entire room full of executives combined.
But maybe expecting anything else was naive.
What can you really expect from a CEO and a C-Suite whose success is measured by stock price and shareholder applause? When your stock-based compensation is worth $7.1 million, finding ways to squeeze another 5-6% out of the stock probably feels more important than the lives of the people behind the numbers. And apparently, one of the easiest ways to do that is simple: sacrifice employees. Works like a charm.
And just like that, a 10-12 year organization disappeared.
3M GSC wasn't perfect, but it was built by thousands of hours of hard work, dedication, late nights, friendships, shared struggles, and people who genuinely cared. Overnight, it was dissolved. Why? Nobody really knows. We were told it's a "transition."
God, these people love transitions.
I'm already imagining the next shareholder presentation:
"Expanding AI capabilities."
"Driving efficiencies."
"Transforming the operating model."
Corporate bingo at its finest.
Then came the management communication. Pre-recorded videos. Carefully scripted messages. Smiling faces. Words that somehow lasted several minutes while saying absolutely nothing.
People left those meetings still wondering:
"Am I staying at 3M?"
"Am I moving to Genpact?"
"Why me?"
"Why not someone else?"
No answers. No transparency. No logic.
Just confusion.
The most impressive achievement of the day was probably making thousands of people more confused after a communication session than before it.
A place that grew, evolved, and achieved things people were proud of. Today, we're left with leaders who seem more interested in protecting themselves and pleasing their bosses than protecting their people.
The irony is almost painful.
Some of the people being pushed out today are literally in Warsaw representing 3M at Women in Tech.
Others are leaders in Pride communities.
Others spent years building Employee Experience programs, WLN initiatives, Belonging Teams, clubs, events, volunteering activities, engagement campaigns.
They were the smiling faces in the videos.
The people holding the 3M logo.
The people proudly telling everyone that this was a Great Place To Work.
Seven years in a row.
LOL.
What a joke that slogan feels today.
Many of those same people are now being told they no longer belong.
Years of effort.
Years of loyalty.
Years of believing the company values.
All erased by a spreadsheet.
Management keeps telling people what they think their managers want to hear. Managers tell leaders what they think leaders want to hear. Everyone protects themselves. Everyone avoids uncomfortable truths. The cycle continues.
And the people at the bottom pay the price.
Today many of us feel less like employees and more like livestock being traded between corporations. Packaged up. Sold off. Handed over. No ownership. No accountability. No one willing to stand up and say:
"Yes. This was our decision."
Just another transition.
Another restructuring.
Another corporate success story for the next earnings call.
So with that, goodbye GSC.
Goodbye to the friendships.
Goodbye to the memories.
Goodbye to the culture that thousands of people spent years building.
Whatever happens next, nobody can take away what this place once was.
May the memories never fade.
❤️ Goodbye.