Does 3M pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, 3M employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 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?

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) , Engineer (95) , Supply Chain Analyst (95) , Manager (94) , Machine Operator (74) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Intern (65) , Production Operator (65) , Technical Aide (65) , Marketing (61) , 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 633 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 430 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 301 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 poor vision for future" ((in 254 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs lately." ((in 103 reviews)); "So i paid for that when we had the bad managers." ((in 74 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 70 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.

3M reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,839 total reviews)

William M. Brown

55% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,839 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

Jun 27, 2012

exciting company to work with

T1 engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good learning oppurtinities, vast product range, great diversity

Cons

still working towards practicing 3M values

4.0

Jun 22, 2012

Pretty good company

Supply chain analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

3M is a pretty good place to work. The company is full of some of the nicest, most intelligent and hard working people you could ever meet. The benefits and pay are better then most. The layoff risk is pretty low.

Cons

It is very hard to change jobs or receive significant pay raises. Benefits are not as good as they used to be. The current employee rating system is flawed with something like 70% of employees all receiving the same evaluation.

3.0

Jun 21, 2012

Good pay, great parent company

Mintenance mechanic

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This company has a high level of fiscal stability, due to the fact that its a subsidiary of 3M. The pay is on target with pay provided by this companies peers in the industry.

Cons

The personnel that have been here for ten years or more (80%of all employees) have established a "good ol' boy" type network. The management does not address issues with safety, personnel, or process, instead they throw another S.O.P. at the problem.

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