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 (121) , 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 609 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 424 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 421 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 303 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 waiting for redundancies" ((in 250 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 82 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 69 reviews)); "No work life balance and poor upper management" ((in 59 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

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3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,841 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 5,841 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

Aug 15, 2011

It has been a good career growing experience

Senior chemist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

A lot of technologies to chose from when interested in expanding your career growth. Each division is run like a seperate business unit which can host many available jobs.

Cons

Because there are so many divisions promotions and yearly ratings may differ largerly because of the group or division you are in.

4.0

Aug 12, 2011

I had the opportunity to grow

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-good pay -good benefits -trainings -opportunities to grow -information on time

Cons

-management has changed and has lost some credibility -sometimes management doesn't focus on people who really are doing the job

3.0

Aug 12, 2011

Ok place to work!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Diverse businesses, therefore, enough opportunity to learn.

Cons

Yearly & merit increase was frozen for most employees because US in recession. Only the management team got pay increases irrespective of the recession!! Very demotivating. Lot of politics in the company!!

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