I'm so excited and petrified at the same time that I'm going to tank it, mainly because I really, really want to get out of here ASAP.

For the Maplewood location, what are functions hearing for RTO for under JG16? Are you receiving mandates from your management for 3 days back? 1 day back? No mandate?

Anyone want to discuss?

Is there anyone out there who still thinks a long-term career at 3M is even possible? From what I see, most people - new and old - are just clocking in until they find something better. It feels like everyone is finally realizing that 3M is going... — read more 

Was the stock hike after BB was appointed just a short term spike? Struggling to understand what we are being judged on.

Found out today that a real superstar leader is leaving 3M. I know we've had a flurry of executives leave, but this one is really concerning. This was a super high potential leader, who was being promoted up fast, leading the PFAS transition for 3M... — read more 

The purpose of RTO and Collaboration Days isn't to get us all back in the office, being productive, happy little worker bees. Don't be deceived; RTO is specifically designed to drive some of us to leave 3M. If you with voluntarily they don't have to... — read more 

Solventum employees, out of curiosity, if they made us return to the office, would you support unionization?

Can you tell me the benefits of forcing people back into the office when they don't work with anyone within the same country/office? Forcing people to commute, spend money on petral, travelling when they could be spending time with family? To do... — read more 

It feels like anyone can get hired at 3M now. Half my day is spent teaching new people the absolute basics, all the stuff they should already know! It’s absolutely bonkers. And with that, I can barely finish my own work. Is this where we're at? Just... — read more 

Just one day later, he rescheduled a bunch of meetings from in person conference rooms to just Teams. So, I guess even he can't figure out how to consistently come to the office. HA! Just can't help but laugh at that. Also, funny how it's not... — read more 

Good leadership from New CEO

I haven’t posted before and I never planned to post, but the repeal of WYW was the last straw for me. I am disappointed, upset, and frankly very angry at. 3M. It is time for all of us at 3M to wake up and admit the truth. 3M DOESN’T CARE ABOUT... — read more 

Any interest in a service where one person handles multiple badges and scans in/out near remote employees for a monthly fee?

Check under the Work Your Way FAQs. Why is 3M evolving work your way and if money collaboration days?? We need to reinvigorate growth and continue to improve our operational performance. To help do that, we will introduce Collaboration days to... — read more 

Automation machines at fall keep breaking down. Imagine that? Millions wasted due to incompetent management. Dept supervisor is a mo--n sheep. Repair contractor seriously injured in machine. Hr corruptness defense mode to hide bad behaviors. Bb needs... — read more 

MM is incompetent, shows in his hiring decisions, his town halls, and his budget. When will BB pull the trigger and fire him?

Hey Bill, You better check on your plant we employees. WE are extremely unhappy! Plant workers……. How bad is it where you are?

Why the need for another change in operating model again? Why china & India only?

MR received 26 mill when retiring and production workers are lucky to get a 1% raise in wages and get no benefits or incentives, BB, if you are reading this , please start rewarding the minnows at the bottom feeder, throw us an incentive as to show... — read more 

So many of us work with international teams. WFH allows flexibility required for such a setting. Long commute so many people would have to do now is just a loss of time and money. Spending time in offices or hubs is just an extra expense. In the... — read more 

Heard that PG & gang was too successful in cutting down the inventory. Now it's overshot and starting to have stock out situation. Now panicking and asking plants to load up inventory. Such short term leaders that we have here!

Curious how many 3M employees are supported or encouraged to use 15 percent time for passion projects that might benefit 3M. A friend recently applied for a lab position at 3M, inquired about 15 percent culture, and was told this benefit was built... — read more 

The decision to end remote work seems to be less about productivity and more about encouraging people who moved far from the office to resign. By pushing these employees to quit voluntarily, 3M can avoid the costs associated with severance packages... — read more 

Team squabbles, high-school level pro. A lot of bi--hing about everything and anything too. Passive-aggressive and completely useless mgmt. Couple of people who are always trying to offload all the work on others, but take the credit. The rest of us... — read more 

Any rumors about being sold? These brands do not contribute much sales to the company.

Can we get rid of the vp in asd and send him over there? Im going to quit if i have to continue working with this sales bro jerk

Talk about ethics, Bryan Hanson the new CEO of Solventum hired his brother in law Doug Jones. I can confirm they are related based on the family obituary. Ridiculous... — read more 

This place truly feels stuck in the past. There's zero room for creative ideas or trying new approaches. It’s all about sticking to the same old routine, leaving little space for individual input. How can anybody think that this is the way to be... — read more 

Billy has finally put his foot down. Employees in the TC area will soon be required to be in the office 3 days a week. How this will affect out-of-state FT employees? What about people that purposely move out of state or metro because of the 3M WFH... — read more 

Seriously, the plant workers are constantly whining about how mean and abusive and retaliatory their bosses are, and complaining about how college grads don't know anything compared to the wise line operators, but many of us don't have anything in... — read more 

To look at every single ethics complaint and injury at 3M. Review how many employees have been royally fkd by your company which is 100% of them. Be accountable and repair as many of them as you can and remove all the employees that protected the bad... — read more 

Does anyone else feel like 3M prefers to hire managers with no experience for some inexplicable reason? Every single time we get a new one - and that's been happening quite often lately - they have no idea what they're doing. Does the job posting... — read more 

Heard today that PG14 and up will be required to return to work. Can anyone confirm?

During the flurry of new releases and PR for the Healthcare spin off several analysts mentioned that CBG was the next candidate for spin off/sale from 3M. An analyst from JP Morgan mentioned the poor performance and lackluster sales results for CBG... — read more 

Any rumors? Something is being cooked, a lot of silence these data Anyone else has noticed too?

Fellow members, I wanted your help to find out what is the salary-grade structure in 3M? I am a new JG 11 joinee of 8 months and was wondering how many years usually at each grade? what is the salary range by grade?

Rumors are swirling about 3M taking away Work your Way. Anyone able to confirm management will take away yet another benefit?

I hate it here. If you question anything your manager does, you're not technically fired since they don't want to pay unemployment, but the stress, workload, and constant criticism will drive you out. All you're getting from that point on is pure... — read more 

A steady stream of job eliminations. Expect this to increase as we approach year-end. If you have experienced any of the following: • Toxic, uncivil, or harassing work environment • Retaliation • Working hours without pay (hourly... — read more