Frustrating and disappointing - Sales 3M Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some good products and great benefits

Cons

Pompous, arrogant, and far too many "managers" who add nothing to the bottom line, but pound on those who do. Good products, but seriously over-priced. 3M had no problem raising the price many times on numerous products as the financial crunch of 2007-08 was impacting businesses, thinking their sales would not be affected much. They lost many long-time customers just because of the insulting arrogance of doing so. It's a reflection of the mentality of the leadership of this company.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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