3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,854 total reviews)
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William M. Brown

48% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,854 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 Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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6K reviews
2.0
Nov 22, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

3M has some incredibly smart scientists and engineers. There are many diverse markets and technologies to suit any career interests.

Cons

Management from the top down is failing employees and shareholders. 3M is being seriously mismanaged. Top employees and experienced employees are leaving or have left, leaving more work piled on top of fewer and fewer workers with less and less experience. It's a terrible feedback loop.

1.0
Dec 11, 2020

Run Away, Far Away

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hard to think of any

Cons

Company whose philosophy is trap you in your position for a whole career. It's hard to explain, but everyone working at 3M more than 3 years is dead inside. No lateral mobility for jobs, all an old boys club where decisions are made without data, I haven't regretted a single day since leaving.

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3M Response
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Hello, Thank you for your review. We are extremely disappointed to hear that you felt as though the company culture at 3M is toxic, and have passed this review on to the Human Resource leaders at headquarters for their awareness. We appreciate you sharing this with us.
2.0
Jun 22, 2015

Keep you in a box

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-If you're a talent, you can have a job forever at 3M. Average career is 25 years. -Good benefits

Cons

Please note, this applies to only the HIS division: -Division leaders lack vision and are tyrants when it comes to managing talent. They will yell at you in meetings for nothing. -If you're a company that gets acquired by 3M, just run, leave as fast as you can. 3M will suck the culture you've come to enjoy out and will drain any joy you had working there. The 3M way means antiquated ways of managing and thinking which makes sense given that 3M has been around for a 100 years. -If you don't fit into the mental "box" they've created for a position, don't expect to get a job you really want. For example, they will only hire MBA's for certain positions even though more competent people can do the job who don't have the qualification. They don't understand what it means to nurture and find "talent". -If you're not a member of the talent (sales, product managers, implementation, marketing, etc) expect to have a short leash and be fired quickly for not helping achieve the bottom line. HIS restructures like it's going out of style. -No work from home opportunity. They want people in the office even though they say they are a "green" company and despite the fact that the people who work out of the Silver Spring office live in one of the worst metropolitan areas for traffic.

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