3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,851 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 5,851 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
4.0
Nov 19, 2017

Slow yet Respectable

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Pros

Great exposure to many different industries. Wonderful co-workers. Excellent focus on product development.

Cons

Slow to promote. There are days when time stands still at 3M. It's challenging to stand out when middle managers are distracted with their own workloads and rely heavily on performance review forms. I think things will begin to change towards modernization when the people on the old pensions retire.

3.0
Nov 2, 2017

Management will drive you mad

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great pay for the lack of work you do. There isn't a difficult job in the entire facility.

Cons

Management is a perfect example of the Peter Principle. Most of them have no idea what they're doing but if you give a suggestion, they punish you for it. Two weeks later, that suggestion you gave them becomes their big bright idea. They also cycle through plant managers every couple years due to it being a launching pad for a bigger, heftier paycheck. They find any way to show how well they can save the company money any way they can. The last one took a few jobs from $20 hr to $11.60. We are all just numbers to them.

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