3M Manufacturing Technology Engineer reviews

3M is a large company with a great deal of competition when jobs open up. This makes advancement tougher if you are just starting out. Older hourly folks I speak with are less satisified than they were 15 years ago. But they are getting close to retirement so take that with a grain of salt.

Plant-wide low morale, very depressed workforce. Working 12-16 hours is the norm, and the weekends which we all used to live for, mean nothing to management, however, they have the weekends and nights off. Mandatory "Southern Swing" implemented in plant, however, upper management is not included, of course. Claim "hiring freeze" and are really, honestly, working the life out of our employees. Many, many employees are now on antidepressants, and many whom were forced onto the rotating swing shift, have suffered drastic and devastating quality of life problems, including divorce. I wonder if they are trying to force out the employees whom still believe that they deserve respect and keep the ones whom are willing to bend in any way to keep their jobs? I am confused and saddeneed to watch this occur. Having 3M purchase our facility as an "acquisition" was one of the worst things that has ever happened to many of us at this facility.