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3M Earplug Lawsuit Updates — September 20, 2022
The settlement news yesterday was good. But just before those settlement talks, 3M executives were making statements to investors and financial analysts indicating that they are still clinging to the belief that they can settle the litigation in the... — read more
InvestingPro (9/20/2022)
Source: InvestingPro Closing: 116.52 Market Cap (total value of a publicly traded company's outstanding common shares owned by stockholders): 64.51 billion Bottom Line The recent sell-off in MMM stock indicates that this industrial giant is in... — read more
Is the PIP being used against employees?
The area/regional managers like to use this tactic.
Management is out of touch with the real world
The company is sinking and all they are doing is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. We are screwed with this lot in charge.
Learning Tracks, seriously?
If SAP was designed to ruine business, learning Tracks is designed to ruine people
👑Quiet Firing
My boss won't meet with me, I do mostly busy work, no raise or promotion in years. It's like she wants me to leave so she won't have to lay me off and pay a severance. Has anybody else noticed this behavior?
What is the new name for A3M
is there a new game plan
North Europe Plants to shut Q1....2023
not rumors any more,, Unnamed North Europe plants to shut 2023. Could be Q1 2023 after VP EMEA P.O. has upcoming visits to determine which plants to close.
Down 30 bucks since late Aug. Thanks Mike
Over 20 percent from the already depressed 145 it was at. What's next?
Big jury awards in crooked Casey's court are irrelevant
The plaintiffs seem to think that getting more big jury awards in Rodgers court somehow helps them. But they don't matter now. All that matters is what happens with the Aearo bankruptcy. And the J&J precedent there is very strong. More... — read more
Pension vs dividend
3M has some 553 million shares paying close to 6 dollars a year in dividends. That's about 3.3 billion paid out per year. The logical offer 3M should make is to suspend the divy for 3 years and give the 10 billion as a settlement. As for the stock... — read more
3M Earplug Lawsuit Update --- Mon Sep 19 --- 254,134 Cases (-39,697)
September 19, 2022 Update There was no settlement from the settlement talks last week. September 16, 2022 Update *As the parties begin Day 2 of court ordered settlement talks, the number of lawsuits listed as active and pending in the 3M Earplugs... — read more
Threatening house lien ?
It could be happening soon
3M pensions: temporary insanity has hit some
For anyone to think that trial lawyers can claw back anything you've gained, especially lump sum pensions, shows how dense some people are to listen to rumors. Now, of course future pension payments are always subject to company performance, if... — read more
Fight to the Death!!!
I have talked to many, many people with 3M pensions, and they have all come to terms with likely losing them in 3M bankruptcy. I worked there 40 years and get $6000 a month, which I know I will lose. There is NO WAY 3M or the 'victims' will ever... — read more
We're normal people just like you
Have a job, send kids to college then retire. How dare you take all those from me?
It takes ten thousand people 100 years to build a great company
2 person took 4 years to ruining it
PSD Segment Marketing
All these directors with almost no direct reports just making ppt slides , doing no actual work while the sales team cant even visit customers? Now theyre announcing “segment wins” to take sales team credit?? Laying off great people just to keep... — read more
Any good news regarding 3M?
Can we be positive for a minute? Have you heard or know any good news?
TTS needs to go
2-3 Billion spent on SAP….no ROI. Anyone involved with the debacle needs to go.
Product Liability
Product liability is a term used to describe the legal liability of manufacturers or sellers of goods to compensate buyers, users and even bystanders for damages or injuries suffered because of defects in goods purchased. Product liability law is the... — read more
Things don't look too good on the job-hunting front
I've been looking for a new job for the past several months, sort of testing out the waters, and I'm not happy with what I'm finding. The number of jobs in our industry has gone down significantly. I've managed to get a few offers, but they are far... — read more
3M Loses US Contractor Immunity Argument in PFAS Case
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/3m-loses-government-contractor-defense-in-pfas-litigation Quote: A Bloomberg Intelligence analysis found that total liabilities for 3M could reach $30 billion.
After more than 2 years of change in operating model, have we truly advanced 3M?
Someone please pose this question directly to Mikey during the Q3 earnings call.
Veterans lawyers going after retirees!!
I understand the lawyers for the veterans are now sending letters warning 3M pensioners not to spend their lump sum payments because the 'heroes' are 'entitled' to their compensation!! Needless to say we are all freaked out getting these letters... — read more
When was the last Mike sighting?
Monish was at the investor conference. Last time Mike was around was for the clusterf××× executive huddle. Did I miss something? Not that he has anything worth saying but good leaders don't hide when bad things are happening
Is EO planning a major restructuring?
Wonder what would be the actions taken after consulting with MARS? Major layoffs to get rid of the area org ?
Biggest ROI for 3M right now
This has been done in other comparable companies. Time to do it 3M. We don't need a huge bloated structure of failed technical folks who join management ranks to get the quick and early promotions. Few hundreds of middle managers in St Paul... — read more
3M Earplug Lawsuit Update - 9/15/2022
The two-day settlement talks begin today. 3M has a choice. Settle these cases or start the next wave of trials next month - starting with David George's trial - that could lead down a path where 3M has to declare a very different kind of bankruptcy... — read more
Do we even have any competative edge?
Does 3M have a moat? What's our competative edge...
3M’s Failed Legal Move Leaves Firm Back With Judge It Criticized 9/15/2022
(Bloomberg) -- 3M Co., facing more than 200,000 lawsuits accusing it of harming soldiers with defective combat earplugs, opens a new round of mediation Thursday overseen by the same federal judge the industrial conglomerate has been feuding with... — read more
My GESPP is in 5 figure loss
Even with 15% discount bought for so many years. Great work by M&M
Did aearo have to layoff a bunch too?
Given how moni, whi is really running the show, threw aearo under the bus and still screwed this up in court, have a bunch of these sad souls been forced out as part of haphazard job cutting.
3M workers in Aearo earplug unit can get full pay in Ch. 11
By Mark Reilly – Managing Editor, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Sep 15, 2022 Employees in 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) subsidiary Aearo Technologies, which is operating under Chapter 11 protection, will be allowed to get their full back wages, a... — read more
3000 patents per year. At what ROI?
I saw a 3M publication bragging about patents. What was the last blockbuster product this company ever got from the labs?
Pay the veterans with stock shares?
Definitely could be considered if the stock issued is from: Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, etc. Definitely NOT any 3M stock. We want the veterans to be made whole and not issued worthless 3M shares. For those who continue... — read more
3M Atherstone- bad management
Why aren’t managers at manufacturing sites being held accountable for their bad decisions? At Atherstone they decided to get rid of all their existing products and just concentrate on one product that was untested and still in development stage( a... — read more
Is there a Plan C with 3M?
Looks like the Plan A was bankrupt aearo. The indy judge nuked that option. Plan B is the ongoing layoffs (Mike refuses to give a number because perhaps Monish is running the show and Mike is just a figurehead). Plan C? Retire Mike and bring back... — read more