3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,854 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 5,854 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
Oct 1, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Large company with good benefits. Lot's of upward mobility if you are a high performer and willing to live/work in the corporate offices in MN. If you are into manufacturing, supply chain, or a scientist, this is the place to be.

Cons

110 year old company with a 100 year old business model. They keep trying to break into software and solutions. They do by acquiring software companies and then putting Six Sigma black belts with 40 years of assembly line manufacturing experience in charge of the business. The business unit then fails or struggles in the market as they are forced to conform to 3M's century old culture. If you are in the tech industry beware trying to further your career working at this company.

4.0
Aug 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most people are great. No one on the ground treats contractors any different than 3Mers. Culture varies a lot by group (it's a huge company after all). My group was great, very relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Cons

Hopefully you got a job that interests you because there is little to no chance at advancement as a contract employee. Your manager will probably talk to you about a conversion, but their plans will be subject to 4+ managers and executives above them. Every time one of those positions changes, all plans get reevaluated (and very often thrown out the window). Since most management positions change every 2-5 years you are pretty much guaranteed to be chasing the full-time conversion for 3-6 years, but really it is never guaranteed and I promise you they will try to low-ball you on the offer (make sure you take those years to learn the pay scales and pay attention to min/max/market). Honestly, I had to have had one of the best contracts around (20 hrs per week, I set the hours, pay rate comparable to T3 engineer) but even I grew tired of it after 2 years and got a much better full-time job elsewhere.

3.0
Jul 31, 2014

Just a number!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fair benefits, good opportunity for advancement if you are willing to sacrifice your personal life.

Cons

No consideration for the personal life of their employees. As far as management is concerned, all they need is a warm body to fill any position. Management looks down on workers like they are machines that are malfunctioning when they are sick or need a vacation.

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