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?

69% of 3M employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated 3M 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at 3M?

Sales Representative (139) , Estagiário (122) , Manager (96) , Engineer (95) , Supply Chain Analyst (95) , Machine Operator (74) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Intern (65) , Production Operator (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 642 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 431 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 420 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 311 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 230 reviews))

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

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 246 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 100 reviews)); "I had a bad manager whom I got along with but never promoted me." ((in 80 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 70 reviews)); "Poor upper management, the company has lost site of actual leadership." ((in 61 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

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,845 total reviews)

William M. Brown

54% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,845 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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

Apr 30, 2012

Fairly Good

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A good place to start a career if you have a Ph.D. in Science or Engineering.

Cons

Lack of career development options/path if you do not have a sponsor/godfather

3.0

Apr 30, 2012

company having good ethics towards customer & his employees

Senior sales officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

because 3m is one of the best company who take care of his employees like his own member and also company has its good range of products in the market. and by working @ 3M i am proudly saying to other that I am a 3M employee.

Cons

atleast reasonable growth must be given to the employees who deserve for that.

4.0

Apr 29, 2012

3M is a good place to work with good compensation and I've enjoyed my time with the company so far.

Supply chain analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Given a lot of responsibility Challenging work Management listens to your ideas for improvement I work with great people I don't fear losing my job tomorrow Good benefit/compensation package Employees can purchase stock at a 15% discount 401K is dollar for dollar company match up to 6% of salary

Cons

Large company means a lot of red tape and difficulty getting improvements implemented Long hours at times - management doesn't really focus very much on work/life balance Leadership is sub par in my experience Lack of a feeling like I'm working with a TEAM Lot of complaining about problems but not much effort is put forth to solve them... issues are talked about but not acted on

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