Thread regarding 3M layoffs

@w7 dude top notch is JG16 and above in today's context

just retired and so glad to be away from it all, worked hard for 30 years and seeing the turnover rate just incredible the last three years , it was frightening to see who they brought in, guys that just don't want to work and just not savvy in day to day tasks, although the pay and benefits are poor compared to similar companies around us, so instead of getting the cream , we are left with the bottom of the barrel people, that's going to happen when 3m keeps paying top notch salaries to JG14 and above and blind siding the minions with a couple of cents pay rise.

It is an irony that while VPs and directors keeps challenging the people below to work harder with no replacement, they themselves do not exhibit any improvement in leadership productivity except keep pushing the team boundaries. These are super high level earners!!

It’s bad in plants too. We aren’t backfilling retirements or other departures of key roles but being challenged to do more faster better.

Just to share some actual situation in factory. As the company pushes hard on AI automation, factories are rolling out robotic automation that replaces the jobs of operators and warehouse forktruck drivers. These people feels threatened and their morale is at rock bottom. Too bad.

YES MORALE HAS BEEN ROCK BOTTOM. EVERYONE IS WAITING TO PAST TIME.

Heard that consultant MARS is still pushing hard for the factories to cut down agressively on the indirect functional recharges. This is an on-going tussle between the plant managers who is trying to hold on to its remaining headcounts. But alas, this war against consultant will not win. Eventually the new ESC president will have his way and force the cuts that is recommended by the consultant. Sit tight.

Allen was a great guy to work with. Everyone who worked with him would agree that we need more Al.

I worked in a large plant and yes, the morale of the workforce is very low. Everyday we are being pushed with new initiatives, programs etc. Every quarter teams are forced to do Kaizen projects hiring external consultants. It is really wearing the team out.

@a7 ok CG, let’s not kid ourselves. SIBG is the same chaos place as every other function in the company. Keep pushing out more of the same stuff and calling it new stuff and telling us to sell more with less.

Cannot agree more with this thread. She’s awful, MK is awful, and JB is awful. Meanwhile, big Bill seems to be totally su-kered that any of these leaders do cr-p. They tell him what he wants to hear and seems he's so naive that anything useful comes out of CRL. BB should put his focus back on where real work takes place.

@fz
LinkedIn is full of her hikes, festival celebrated, vacations and there are 3Mers who hit like. Cannot collaborate with other corp scientists and makes sure she gets every bit of credit when she mentors or helps somebody. Bad model as a CSA

@f3 Watching the chief science advocate promote herself and her books and fly around the country at 3M's expense giving meaningless speeches while making over $400K a year is demoralizing for the hard-working people at 3M.

@f3 It is surprising that the CTO has not addressed this situation. As Chief Science Officer (a job‑grade 18 role with compensation around $400K), her primary responsibility is to represent and elevate 3M’s scientific leadership. However, she has been using her platform primarily to promote her personal brand and her books, and her public remarks rarely reference 3M.”

@OP
Wondering why they are paying so much to chief science advocate to talk about herself and author books and holds book signing hours …..when she has launched no product !! All while the morale of the rest of the Corporation is so low, people working hard in lab and plants, filing patents with no promotions or rewards …

Just remember, the beatings will continue until morale improves...

Its funny the HR is doing all those employee surveys, and most recent production pulse survey. If they want the real answer just come to this website.

morale?
what morale?
there is no morale!!!

When employee morale is no longer valued, people slowly break. Motivation evaporates, replaced by exhaustion, resentment, and quiet disengagement. Talented individuals burn out or walk out the door, taking product knowledge and loyalty with them, while those who remain operate on autopilot, doing just enough to get by. For 3M the damage is equally severe: productivity plummets, innovation stalls, quality suffers, and hidden costs from constant turnover and recruitment skyrocket. In the end, a workplace that treats morale as optional doesn’t just lose hearts and minds, it loses its competitive edge and long-term viability.

@a2 Google his name… he is on a list from 2016.. swap out the company names, it is exactly what people speak of.

Totally agree that thug-Lin was horrible. Roman was a poor choice. Bb just sees it as something to fix. Don’t worry he is retiring next year. Question is who will succeed….

Morale in IT couldn't get any lower.

The whole managed services debacle is both a kick in the teeth for morale and a frustrating, inefficient hassle to deal with that's stalled out productivity and caused twice the problems it could have solved.

@a8
Even from Inge times they probably knew how bad the company was. He did his part in keeping stocks up and minted his millions. Roman had a job given to takes care of the law suits and put an end to PFAS and spin off healthcare. He minted millions. Now BB probably was brought in to shrink and divide… he trying to mint his millions. Now, in all these games why didn’t they keep pumping CRL as though it was a holy place where nothing will come out …. Just to show Wall Street that they invest in R&D …

@a7 TEBG for sure is suffering

Where are the exciting new products and sales growth, the innovation that has been promised for 20 plus years. Bill Brown is the same as Mike Roman, slash abd burn, a lit shorter and doesn't seem to see past his nose from quarter to quarter. Same old game of pulling orders forward, and lying. It's the sameness and staleness that has set in since 2018 when Thulin was financially engineering the stock price. Share buybacks, cutting employees quietly, offshoring, and cut cost all to benefit the Corporate operating comitee and the Senior VP class. All management cares about is lining their pockets.

morale in my sibg team is quite upbeat. So not sure which parts of the co are suffering. Maybe hr can help.

@a2

You’re a clown. What the CEO is doing is equivalent to driving a car on fumes, 10000 miles overdue for an oil change, and burnt out headlights and touting how great the numbers look because no money is being spent. It’s completely unsustainable.

Our ceo is not running it to the ground. He is getting share price up. Which is great. We are finally becoming a Wall Street company rather than a white Minnesotan mess.