It takes two or three years to really learn a job here because everything's held together with tape and nobody wants to fix anything.
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anyway BB is here to milk whatever it is on the table. he will retire happily when he gets to 65 in couple of years time. good luck to those 3M people who are remaining
@122 that only works when there are jobs to move to.
3M is under the impression that things will never change; the economy will never improve and workers will never be able to leave.
Bill doesn't want a successful company, he just wants to make it worse for the employees.
It's going to be a rude awakening for him when the wind shifts.
Q2 is going to be over soon. How's everyone feeling for the quarter end?
It should take one year to learn your job, one year to execute and improve the job, one year to find your next job and move to it
Held together with tape, our plant is lucky we make it, or nothing would get fixed
@mg cheers to this!!! Well said.
@mg you said this perfectly, old friend! Sounds like you are wise and have some experience under your belt.
BB:
Your conglomerate is operating in classic survival-and-extraction mode. Facing legal peril, leadership has deprioritized employee well-being and morale not by accident, but as a deliberate trade-off to preserve cash, control costs, limit liability, and protect executive and shareholder value. While this buys time for legal maneuvering, lobbying, and portfolio reshaping, it is actively destroying institutional knowledge, accelerating talent flight, and embedding a toxic, disengaged culture that will compound risks once the immediate threats subside.
Short-term extraction feels rational under pressure — but it quietly erodes the very organizational strength needed for long-term survival. Thanks for listening, from an old friend.
@kv you just be too young for Cool Hand Luke??
Anyone using the word ’boss’ must be instantly fired…
Well, we don't all have that choice. Nice if you do! But there are jobs out -- good ones. Contact your ex-3Mer friends, go to your particular industry's events, etc.
if i decide to throw in the towel @55, likely i will retire for good.
I was in my late 50s when I left 3M. You are not too old to find another job, one that values you. Life is too short to be miserable at work.
I have 10 years with this company and coming close to 55. Getting tired of the all the nonsense initiatives on going now. Really contemplating just throwing the letter out and quit this s1ck place.
For me I will just quiet quit. Let those higher ranks-directors and above to strive for results. They are compensated with handsome stock options.
why event attempt to fix something that is unfixable? keep getting paid, collect experience, boost your CV and continue with your professional journey somewhere else once the time is right for you.
@c1 Totally agree with you. The talkers are rewarded, the doers are too busy to talk. Another path to advancement at 3M that I have encountered many times is taking credit for someone else accomplishments. Let the minions do the work, you swoop in, "borrow" their slides and any prototypes they created, and present it all to your boss. A bit of schmoozing goes a long way, and viola, you are promoted and the person who did the work is passed over. Brilliant strategy, works every time at mother mining.
What both comments say below is absolutely. I am an example. Built something, I was destroyed, whereas people who didn’t build and just maintained got rewarded. I did not understand then that the company did not want actually new things. It is sufficient if you talk about innovation
@ap no no, watch the ones who fix it, you get nothing for going above and beyond expectations . Take what you learn to a new company who will reward your efforts, there is no reward left in 3M. Quiet quit and watch the show with your popcorn.
Become the one who can fix it. Gain experience and move on. there is no loyalty anymore.
Loot, pillage, burn, leave, repeat.
The Way of The New Age, Baby!!