If your one of the 6000, who calls to tell you? Is there an HR team making the calls (that job must suck), or do we hear from supervisor or division leaders?
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Warden and priest, that's cute! Don't remember who posted it but the comparison of 3M being a penal colony like Devils Island and starving the inmates (some try to escape) is also a good take. The prisonlords want more food (money in 3Ms bosses case) so they figure if they make life unbearable people may jump of the cliff on rafts made from coconuts and trash bags. More for them, less for us.
Tireman is probably already on glass 2 or 3 of scotch and is especially irritated with this message board this week.
Call from your direct supervisor to be on a mandatory last minute call with a bunch of people . Hr and upper management tell all of you at one time.
For WFH staff, it's probably just a brief Teams meeting scheduled the morning of. The news is delivered by your manager and HR. (Really, the manager tells you you've been eliminated and HR rattles off info about your benefits ending, etc.) When this happened to my co-worker, the manager was void of any emotion in the meeting or in the follow up meeting that happened afterwards. HR would not provide the employee with the reason why they were cut, just regurgitated ambiguous fluff at them. Probably to deflect any potential lawsuits. (3M doesn't care about you. You are just a number here!)
If you receive a meeting invite in the early morning for about 15-30 min in the same day, with both your manager (may not be your direct report, could be the top senior manager) and HR, you know what's going one there......
Yes, that is basically it.
What about WYW employees is it just phone call since not in office with HR and manager? Then just pick stuff up at pickup point if you have office or cube yet? and turn in badge?
How much time you work until your exit date is usually a decision of your leader with HR involved too.
In my case, when I got retired happily with a package, I was given a few months transition since my team needed time to transition to new leaders. It helped that by that time in my career I had learned keep your head down and not complain. I just had enough and now enjoy coffee on the porch each morning feeding the birds and squirrels.
I know of some cases where they just cut the person because they worried that they would steal technology.
Do you work out a few weeks doing off-boarding stuff or do you pretty much pack it up there and then?
Been through this process too many times before, first as the people leader, and then as the recipient.
Sometimes, we were told to schedule the meeting the night before. Other times, the morning of. HR was always there. Yes, you have a script that you are supposed to memorize and practice so you are monotone. Never say you're sorry. Never tell the person "oh, you'll find another job soon." Job redundancy and relative performing were always lines to say if the person asks why me?
At least when I left, I wanted to retire and got a decent package to go along with retiree medical and pension. Anyone who's still around from the 80s or early 90s who wants to go should just tell their boss point-blank. You have nothing to lose. They can only fire you or tell you that you are too important to go. Either way, the axe will get all of us someday given the bleak future here.
The poster is correct on the process in the US.
The process is that your supervisor will send you a meeting invite the night before. The meeting will have an HR person there. The supervisor is given a script and told not so say much. I'm familiar with the processes as I did it too many times and had it happen to me.
The process in other countries and regions can be different.
I have gone through this twice in my 20+ years at 3M. I had received an invitation the day before from my manager. When opening the invitation and looking at who else was invited, I could see an unfamiliar name. Looked up the person in our 3M directory and could see they had an HR title. Then you will know.
Who makes the calls?
A person of color, not born in this country, not Christian, 3 disabilities, and under 35.
They still haven't given an official announcement here. They did make a b.s. reason for cutting our hours because they didn't want to panic or mention the layoffs or perhaps to reduce some of the bleeding to save some souls. So transparent.
In my experience, the individual person let go will be told by their supervisor and an HR rep together. Typically just a 15 minute meeting/call.