Thread regarding 3M layoffs

Jack-o-lyte number one came in to 3M as a savior and robbed Cap-Ex $300mm per year and padded the bottom line, giving credit to his GE style “initiatives”. 3M didn’t learn from that and seems to be lost on what to do other than hire another Jack-o-lyte to manage the books and push spin offs.

In my opinion, a major issue lies in the unequal treatment of production operatives, specifically the worker bees, as compared to other staff. It seems that only non-production staff are offered incentives and learning opportunities, while the production workers are left with nothing. As a result, I anticipate a high attrition rate among skilled production workers in Q2 and Q3 of this year.

Jack Welch and all of the GE disciples and acolytes that have infested 3M can put a cork in these buzzwords and non-sense hollow leadership style. These styles reek of lacking substance and empathy or scencerity. These type of leaders at 3M the last five lyears are like an over grown forest of as long as I get mine who cares about the rest. Bottom line we need to sell more sh!t. We need to manufacture things cheaper with a lot less waste and wasting inventory. Scrap IS an epedemic because of cuts to quality and caring more about paperwork and ISO then not letting somethin be run wrong. 3M needs to be quicker to market and faster on making decisions, less beauracracy and more critical thinking, and processing data in real time. Agile isn't just a buzzword, it is actually fixing things in real time and taking decisive actions. Tolerating far to many coasters and hangers on is not the way. Real winning is happy satisfied customers that keep buying more. I know of multiple instances where it is in Fire Protection, construction markets, Personal safety ,Consumer where we have lost sales to our ompetitors because we were to lazy to listen or not available. Whther it is lack of customer service, or lack of staff due to outsourcing or cuts, where a sales manager outright would not answer commercial (1) full month on inquiries in a timely fashion or orders were lost because nobody could be bothered to contact our customers back by email or a simple phone call. These are commercial customers that have influence. Fact of the matter is Customer service both externally and internally absolutely sucks at 3M , is broken, and has gone in the toilet since the pandemic. If a shareholder wants to know why 3M business is failing it is more than lawsuits and liability, it is a lack of common courtesy and care for the customer as to why we even have jobs. Customer at our Core is a crock. Neither the leaders or many employees care enough to serve customers, that is why our stock price stinks and why sales are sinking. This is where our leadership team is absolutely failing 3M.

Just curious - I see a lot of reference to “winning” in context to phony management communication. It’s funny, because the first thing I think of when I hear it in this context is Charlie Sheen when he was on his dr-g and booze fueled melt down years ago. Who within the organization is actually using this language?

The Goal was required reading in the Carlson School MBA program.

As late as 2020 my site spent money on several copies of "The Goal" and asked me to read it. I said I read it 25 years ago, Thanks anyway.

I honestly have a very hard time naming a person who has done more damage to the US economy than Jack Welch. (Hoover, no... Volker, maybe... Bezos, nope...)

Between him and his acolytes, they actively tried to sacrifice the world's largest economy for the false god of 'shareholder value'.

The man should be held up as a warning for people who think sociopathy is a positive trait.

My favorite chapter is titled “how to work for a jerk”.

In this gripping scenario, Jack himself is the boss, and you are the subordinate. You’ll be forced to cut staff, outsource R&D by buying failing companies, deny climate change, declare forever chemicals safe, and start an unregulated bank.

I’m planning on ordering a Fathead®️ custom Big Head poster of Jack’s face in observance of the 23rd anniversary of the book on April 1.

Warren Buffet rightly observed “no other management book will ever be needed”.

Jack took this as a compliment, not a cruel April fools day joke that it was. Basically, Warren was begging Jack not to write another management book. Ever.