3M to Slash 2,900 Jobs in Revamp as Pandemic Roils End Markets

  • Changes aim for better positioning in post-Covid recovery: CEO
  • Pretax restructuring charges to reach as high as $300 million

3M Co. 8210V N95 particulate masks. 

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3M Co. plans to cut 2,900 jobs as Chief Executive Officer Mike Roman accelerates streamlining the company after the Covid-19 pandemic upended many of the company’s markets.

The cuts, affecting about 3% of the workforce, will hit all business groups, functions and regions, the maker of Post-it notes, medical masks and chemical additives said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Thursday. The restructuring will result in pretax charges of as much as $300 million.