I thought on 3M's previous 5-point scale, 4's and 5's had a quota (you couldn't give more than they told you, basically some % of your headcount), and 1's and 2's were a corrective action tool (not mandated in a group).
Is there a forced quota on 1's and 2's with Solventum's new 5-point scale?
This 3M post sounds like managers have to hand out low ratings, and they also switched back to 5 points.
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbec0e8c
@er you're a loser. good luck bringing down your next victim... errr company.
@dq sorry for the confusion. Yes I am at Solventum and we have the five point scale now.
Anyone who waits around for things to get better is an id--t! I accepted a new job today and can’t wait to leave this sinking ship! So glad I don’t have to attend the stupid NTM now..
Solventum! Sinking with momentum!
Get your tic tac and chap stick ready I’m sure this years speech will be memorable!
Peace out!
lol, not wanting to hear about peltz and bryan as the explanation for every question does not qualify as not being critical of solventum.
based on the comment, i assume you're the yacht guy? maybe just chill out working that into every comment, that's all.
for someone boasting abut "escaping the mess," it's wwiiiiiillldddd to be spending retirement posting here. you sure you've escaped?
@aw I assume by "we" you mean Solventum? Obviously "we" have gone back to a 1-5 scale... which made me wonder if you meant you were at 3M and clarifying that "they", too, have gone to 1-5 (which I am also aware of)?
In any case, if you are a mgr at Solventum, thanks for confirming.
@b5 doesn't matter. You are at Bryan's unit because you've never criticized his tenure. Sorry show yourself a real critic of how SOLV and you will get respect. Other you are a ho-e
The person posting about the Florida taught and Bryan's hair plugs is so old now. You have no useful information for us. How long have you been out of 3M?
Yes they have gone back to the 1 to 5 scale, which gives folks more room for tinkering with raises.
No, we are not being forced to give 1 and 2s. There is a quota on how many 4 and 5 we can give though.
@OP the first year, HR will likely let leaders give 1s and some 2s career-posthumously (people already fired). So not that many will get 1s or even 2s. But the zhit will hit the fan next fall.
Once Bryan gets his marching orders from the shadow CEO on his Florida yacht, he will know how many more poor souls will be Christmas 2026 sacrifices to meet promised earnings targets. Then HR will give the direction to peon leaders about how many 1s and 2s must be handed out to queue up the job guillotines just in time for Santa to leave a lump of dried cow paddy in the stockings of distraught (former 3M) employees.
Sad to say, Bryan's uplifting introductory meeting with 3M employees a few years ago has now aged as well as the 90 second trailer (which was hilarious) for the infamous Belushi and Ackroyd Neighbors movie (which had exactly 90 seconds of laughter and painfully awful comedy).
If his Solventum career were a movie, then he'd be the biggest box office stinker since Caddyshack 2.
Thank goodness I've somehow escaped this mess.