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

(5,844 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 5,844 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

1.0

Jan 4, 2018

Unprofessional in every aspect

Machine operator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pay and benefits, some co-workers are great

Cons

No life outside of work. Too much overtime and it's mandatory. Management is absolutely disgusting. Whole upper management is disorganized and not professional. This plant is all based on who you know and or who you are sleeping with. Plenty of qualified and dedicated people passed over for jobs so upper management has their buddies. There favorite saying here is corporate does not care about them so they can do what they want. Glad I retired and left. Everything went downhill after.

5.0

Jun 15, 2017

I worked at 3M full-time (More than 8 years)

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome benefits - health care, emergency child care options (off site), wellness activities are free (weight watchers, quit smoking, yoga, meditation, etc). This organization has a ton of money and you would do well here if you want stability, retirement, et cetera.

Cons

personally witnessed a number of non-qualified people get promoted or hired because of who they knew at the association, and there were great candidates that had been (and are probably STILL doing) the work that should have been promoted. There is a college Fraternity/sorority "cool kids" mentality in a lot of the departments. Teleworking is an option for SOME, depending on how much your boss likes you.

3.0

Nov 3, 2016

Working toward a better future

Requirements analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Recently implemented SCRUM/AGILE practices to bring the company out of the dark ages. They are trying to implement change. Hiring left and right to initiate new thinking and ideas within the company.

Cons

Still have a long way to go to rid the company of bureaucratic practices that AGILE should have alleviated. This company has a long history of mire that cannot currently keep up with relevant technology changes.

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