3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,856 total reviews)
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William M. Brown

48% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,856 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
1.0
Mar 12, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Nice work-life balance. Easy to work remotely. Time off is actually time off, and when you leave work for the day (everyone leaves at 4 or 4:30) you're done.

Cons

I've never experienced such apathy and incompetence in a workplace. No one is motivated to learn how to use any new technology because they are literally just waiting to retire (the average age of employees is about 60). In the digital field, new young people leave because they are floored by how behind 3M is in all things digital. If you actually care about developing your career for the long haul, stay away from this place. You won't develop professionally at 3M, you will spend all your time trying to get the company into the 21st century against all odds and a workforce that doesn't know (and doesn't care) how the internet works.

2.0
May 26, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic people at lower levels of the organization. My teams were always supportive and collaborative. Diverse set of products and markets means always something interesting to work on.

Cons

Upper management seems lost, implementing large-scale restructuring every 1-2 years keeps people guessing about whether they'll have a job or not and how to navigate new corporate structures and systems. Benefits have slowly been eroded over the years. Employees are stuck using antiquated software and systems to do basic daily tasks, which kills productivity and require technical support frequently.

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3.0
Jan 9, 2022

Not great any more

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, benefits, flexible work hours

Cons

Corporate culture has changed for the worse over the last several years. Decisions are made with a complete lack of transparency and you can never trust that follow through will happen. Expectations that US employees must be available and work around the clock which causes burnout and resentment. Continual leaning of the workforce and refusal of leadership to prioritize means many employees are doing the job of multiple people while also wasting their time on initiatives that will never come to fruition. HR is a joke. Promotions are purely political and terrible managers are tolerated for years. Real diversity will never happen; as a former manager, I know they have no actionable plan to accomplish it.

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