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 been stable over the past 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 618 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 438 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 424 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 305 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 229 reviews))

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

"Poor management poor vision for future" ((in 254 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 99 reviews)); "Can be horrible if your suck under a bad manager." ((in 75 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 72 reviews)); "Poor upper management, the company has lost site of actual leadership." ((in 63 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

(5,854 total reviews)

William M. Brown

48% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

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

4.0

Apr 10, 2015

Enjoyed working at 3M

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are great to work with at all levels from R&D, support functions like Demand Planning and Finance to Sales and Marketing. There are ample opportunity given to training and development. While workload can be heavier in some functions compared to others, I would say that it is manageable for most. Office environment is conducive to work in and politics though present is not overwhelming and obvious.

Cons

Meetings tend to run longer than necessary which is unproductive. There can be more cross functional collaboration. Senior managers and HODs might stay long in the company despite their capability, jeopardizing potential mid level staff's career profession.

3.0

Apr 8, 2015

Fair employer, results oriented

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fair to employee, consistent growing, good career opportunities across business/functions/countries, flexible working time, staff shop, employee stock option

Cons

Big organization mentality. Pretty focus on the figures, Turned to be more strict on controlling budget in the past 5 years. Freezing headcount all the time.

4.0

Apr 8, 2015

Technician

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexibility in the job position

Cons

downsizing and always changing company needs

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