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 decreased by 1% over the last 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 (49)

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 629 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 448 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 419 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 309 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 236 reviews))

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

"Poor management poor vision for future" ((in 256 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 100 reviews)); "So i paid for that when we had the bad managers." ((in 78 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 72 reviews)); "Saw upper management changed 3 times for the 3 years I have been there." ((in 58 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.

What are the top reviewed 3M locations?

Neuß , Hilden , Seefeld , Wiesbaden , Wuppertal , Dormagen , Düsseldorf , Kamen , Köln , Burgkirchen an der Alz

3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,853 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 5,853 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 28, 2015

Diverse company, Average pay

Process engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many different industries to work in, and it's not hard to move to different locations and/or a different division within the company. Good people to work with. Manufacturing and Lab/Corporate usually have a good working relationship. Work-life balance is good most of the time. They also do a decent job of investing for the future and increasing capacity.

Cons

Absolute, calculated average on pay and benefits. They say they want the best employees to drive innovation but are not willing to pay for them. As with a lot of big companies, there is a level of hypocrisy as it is said employees are the most important resource in the company but everything is, of course, metric-driven and decisions are made to best benefit the stockholders.

2.0

Sep 10, 2015

3M was a terrific company but things are changing.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company because of the diversity of products and services. provide a fair set of benefits. Possibility to move horizontally.

Cons

Take forever to progress and 3M corporate does not reward enough computer science employee anymore. Few years ago 3M was much better than today with employee. 3M wants to hire talents but at a job group level that is not appropriate.

1.0

Aug 12, 2015

Not a place for Marketing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Many good experienced professionals and good for international experience.

Cons

Company is stuck in old ways and not really pro marketing. It's a sales and metrics oriented organization mentality. "Dance with lemons" management . Not open to outside new mid manager employees with experience they don't listen. To much focus on wall Street and earnings reports cutting funding or travel. Many just waiting to cash out their retirement and it will be big in the coming years

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