Does 3M pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, 3M employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at 3M. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at 3M?

66% of 3M employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated 3M 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at 3M?

Sales Representative (139) , Estagiário (122) , Engineer (96) , Manager (96) , Supply Chain Analyst (95) , Machine Operator (75) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Production Operator (66) , Intern (65) , Technical Aide (65) , Marketing (60) , Software Engineer (58) , Sales (57) , Manufacturing Engineer (53) , Analyst (50)

What are the pros of working at 3M according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are changing and while not as good as they once were they are still not bad." ((in 636 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 436 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 406 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 301 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 243 reviews))

What are the cons of working at 3M according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 251 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 92 reviews)); "Can be horrible if your suck under a bad manager." ((in 78 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 73 reviews)); "No work life balance and poor upper management" ((in 63 reviews))

What are employees saying about 3M layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about 3M layoffs and their outlook for job security at 3M in 2026.

3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,860 total reviews)

William M. Brown

48% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,860 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The 3M employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews

3.0

Aug 17, 2021

Executive leadership has lost their way. Advance 3M is a train wreck at best and should be revamped.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global reach and amazing products

Cons

Low salaries, no comprehensive strategy for growth (saying focus on growth doesn’t count), Also they are trying to hire diverse candidates (this is a great thing), but they typically aren’t qualified for the positions (this leads to bad business decisions).

1.0

Aug 12, 2021

Don't Believe Everything You Read

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well known brand Global presence Large organization High compensation, decent benefits

Cons

Not flexible, even though they do a strong job of marketing that they are Inability to make business decisions swiftly Slow to adapt and innovate Lack of inclusion and diversity

1.0

Feb 2, 2021

Manual process, high OT hours, toxic work culture

Supply planner

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Nice pantry and office location

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Too many changes happening at one time Manual process due to old system and various system unable to link to each other’s High OT hours as large portfolio but they expect you to do it all Toxic work culture, like to schedule meetings during lunch/ close to end work hours Colleagues don’t really help much among different departments as all are too busy with OT

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