Thread regarding 3M layoffs

You have inexperienced leaders running big Divisions. Look at the AASD President - he is in his 30s and got the President job even though he lacks the needed business and P&L experience. Mike Roman needed to put a diversity hire in the role - hence the appointment. Then look at all the VP roles that still exist in the 3M Gives / Social Justice Equity space. I support diversity and welcome diverse leaders. However, we cannot have un-qualified leaders in critical roles just because of their diversity profile.

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This is a good list. Blaming DEI for 3M's gross failures is just a red herring.

You know that 3M visionaries are finding their way into other corporates! They never proved anything. They will rule 3M and destroy and know to escape. Unfortunately, id1ots in the lab don’t comprehend this! Pitty you are still n 3M. Looks like you don’t know you who you are outside 3M!

I think white ppl are feeling very threatened by some of the comments. But don’t be… there’s always life in Wisconsin.

DEI is not responsible for the situation of the company

Only white, straight men can say this, the same that put the company in this situation meanwhile other companies with no discrimination and equity politics for decades are in better situation than 3M.

Diversity = Innovation

I continue to be shocked (but shouldn’t be) at the absolute lack of accountability at 3M VP+ levels. Horrible, horrific decisions continue to be made and no one at those levels and above is EVER held accountable. In middle management you get raked if you miss deadlines or eff up. The environment is toxic.

There are literally 0 (none!) board of director appointees that have manufacturing experience. They all have their bios listed and manufacturing is a selection they can brag about, and none of them have experience.

THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU WONDER!!!

One group not protected by DEI is older experienced 3M employees. If you are an experienced 3M employee over 50, you will be job eliminated. It is just a matter of time. A major wave of 3M age discrimination eliminations occurred in 2002-2007. 3M was caught and it was expensive. The 2nd wave of terminations started a few years ago. 3M knows how to eliminate employees over 50 and not get caught.

DEI is the cherry on top of our dumpster fire sunday, nobody cares about your gender so keep it to yourself.

Hope Bill B sees this and acts fast, soon we will be living in an outsourced nightmare! bye bye ownership, CBRE/JLL is here to serve.....look closer 3M, this decision will haunt you for a very long time! One stop shop fools!

If you think gender theory or DEI had anything to do with 3M's collapse, you don't know anything about the company. Those were annoying distractions. The inability to innovate - and to commercialize ANYTHING (from Sls/Mktg) over decades caused the no growth stagnation. Then the CEOs and BOD decided the only way to improve margins was to cut tens of thousands of jobs over last ten years. Most functions are so lean they cannot operate. Compound that with layering on weak, feckless leaders - those approved through bloviating Six Sigma BS or leaching onto A3M - and that's how we got here. There is no better example than EMD, where our VP and leadership team is absolutely lost.

3M is lost. DEI was not the main cause. The main cause of all of 3M's present and future failures come from:

1. Devaluing and abandoning 3M's history and culture
2. Hyperfocus on hiring from the outside
3. Not valuing all 3M employees or 3M experience
4. Senior leaders emphasizing results over ethics, creating toxic work environments and loss of civility
5. Relentless cost cutting and not driving innovation

3M is now no different than any other company. More layoffs coming.