3M reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,840 total reviews)
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54% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,840 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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1.0
Jun 27, 2010

Do Your Homework

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Pros

Location. Stable- depending on where you are in the corporation. Ample opportunity for lateral movement to try different things.

Cons

Below average compensation and benefits. There is NO work/life balance at 3M unless you've been there for a long time! If you do stand your ground and not let them stomp on you, you'd better be happy with where your at because you'll never get anywhere. The 3M philosophy is to suck you in, dump on you until they break your back and then spit you out. They don't care about retention of good talent which is very saddening. Best part is management knows this! My manager keeps telling me to put various things on my resume.. Very Political! Lots of headstrong people with big egos and personal agendas.

3.0
Jun 24, 2010

3M is a typical large corporation

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It’s a big company, so there is a lot of room to move around and lots of opportunities. 3M is big into advanced education so the tuition reimbursement is second to none. In truth, if you work hard and do a good job of networking there are opportunities to grow and advance.

Cons

Because of it's size it can be very difficult to get notice, you really do have to network. It is very much who you know not what. There are also a lot of people hiding out waiting to retire. The evaluation system is complete BS, ratings are based on almost everything but performance.

4.0
Jun 24, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunity for advancement, and a huge selection of fields to choose from. 3M is one of the most diverse companies I've seen. If you can handle working for a very large company then this is one of the top companies to work for.

Cons

It's a large company, so there are a lot of rules and policies which can be good and bad. Otherwise, I haven't seen any issues.

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