The R&D group in 3M Austin has been decimated. All technical people involved have got layoff notices.However the incompetent management in charge still have secure jobs ! People with responsibilities whose incompetency led to such dramatic consequences for so many technical people with valuable skills and years of experience , face no consequences for their own inaction !
This is true in general of the layoffs announced in Oct, 2015. Technical people hit hard with layoffs while management mostly unaffected. Morale is at an all time low !
At the end of the day 3M is a technology company. This will adversely affect people doing the actual work ( lab bench technical people) for the company. If this continues, 3M will perhaps go the DuPont way !