3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,853 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 5,853 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
1.0
Jan 5, 2018

Where careers become stagnant

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Pros

An org that is full of potential and opportunity. Strong brand equity and solid reputation. Educated and in some cases distinguished knowledge workers: corporate scientists, chemists, high profile executives. Long history and vast array of products. Solid compensation and benefits package.

Cons

Toxic organizational culture. Authority and order driven culture. Dated approach to diversity and inclusion. Immensely unhappy workforce. Complacent and apathetic tenured employees. Elitist and power hungry executive attitudes. Change and risk averse environment. Incredibly hierarchical, bureaucratic and formal. Stifling for creativity and innovation. Embarrassingly frequent misuse and waste of resources. Highly unethical and deceptive. Unable to retain millennial talent. Poor talent development opportunities at every level of the company. Pathologically political environment. Opportunistic and self-absorbed middle management. Overly siloed down to project teams within teams. Cronyism, nepotism, and favoritism. Fumbling, inconsistent approach to strategic planning. Best practice developed through confirmation bias. Many highly educated but poorly seasoned/experienced employees. Check-the-box, stale approach to work. Terrible communications company-wide.

1.0
Sep 17, 2021

Find something better

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay Some people are nice

Cons

You have to search and ask for every single thing in this company, starting from your onboarding to everyday tasks. If you don’t go above and beyond to figure it out, you won’t. People hoard information and are passive aggressive when they want you to assume a responsibility. Direct communication is non-existent. One of the worst working cultures I’ve worked for and if you are smart, ambitious, have good ideas, are younger or a minority this place is not for you. Find an employer that practices what they preach and has technology and processes that don’t live in the 90’s. There is little to no transparency so things are disjointed all of the time. There isn’t a whole lot of communication so people are working 24/7 but I’m not sure on what because you don’t see a whole lot of results. But everyone is exhausted. I’ve never been more stressed out over daily work than I have here. Your health and well being are worth more than a paycheck.

5.0
Sep 7, 2021

Great place to work

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Pros

Management balances the interests of the business and employees well. Employee-centric policies, such as work at home policy, has been great. Smart people everywhere.

Cons

It's a big company so can get lost here.

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Hello, Thank you for your insightful review! It's exciting to see current employees responses to programs like Work Your Way.
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