3M reviews

Several of the consumer businesses are trending down. The worst part from what I saw while I was there was the amount of nepotism, favoritism, and hiring of own friends and family members into 3M and leadership roles. You saw that at the highest level of the consumer organization and it trickled down. It's a conflict of interest to hire your best friend to work under you but we saw it happen repeatedly. It's disgusting because these were not qualified people hired for the roles they were placed in. This allowed a certain customer-facing team to misuse millions of funds—poor ethics and people management. Be cautious. Tons of layoffs and a very unstable environment to be in. More than half the people who used to be there are now gone claiming they have "retired" or their positions were eliminated.

Leadership is trying to live in the past. Does not prioritize the type of advanced analytics appropriate for the current day. Is only capable of supporting very simple analyses that can be done within an excel sheet. Does not support top talent, and makes very little effort to retain even important product owners. Very few opportunities for advancement. Over the 5 years I worked there, share price went from over 200 to less than 100.