Is 3M a good company to work for?

3M has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 8,279 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 66% of employees would recommend working at 3M to a friend and 47% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about 3M have been left by employees working as Technical Aide , Tech Aide and Director .

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?

66% of 3M employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated 3M 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at 3M?

Sales Representative (139) , Estagiário (122) , Engineer (96) , Manager (96) , Supply Chain Analyst (95) , Machine Operator (75) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Production Operator (66) , Intern (65) , Technical Aide (65) , Marketing (60) , Software Engineer (58) , Sales (57) , Manufacturing Engineer (53) , Analyst (50)

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 641 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 436 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 422 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 295 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 242 reviews))

What are the cons of working at 3M according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 257 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 103 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 73 reviews)); "So i paid for that when we had the bad managers." ((in 73 reviews)); "Poor upper management, the company has lost site of actual leadership." ((in 63 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?

Saint Paul , Maplewood , Minneapolis , Austin , DeKalb , Murray , Brookings , Salt Lake City , Hutchinson , Aberdeen , Atlanta , Springfield , Columbia , Los Angeles , Monrovia , Silver Spring , Irvine , Cordova , Cottage Grove , New Ulm , Indianapolis , Menomonie , Greenville , Nevada , San Antonio , Decatur , Brownwood , Dallas , Woodbury , New York

3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,856 total reviews)

William M. Brown

48% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,856 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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

1.0

Jun 27, 2014

Poor Leadership

Team lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great staff and very friendly people, they had wonderful people doing the work (Devs, QA, BA's), but the projects were so mismanaged the majority of those great people were let go.

Cons

VERY poor leadership, management never accepting responsibility for mistakes made and the senior leadership teams ethics are less then stellar

2.0

May 30, 2014

Management disconnect, employees quitting, retiring early, transferring, anything to escape the chaos.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent vacation. 401K is performing OK at the moment.

Cons

False corporate values, everything is connected to cost cutting-EVERYTHING. Horrible decision making skills. Incompetent product managers that don't understand the process and how there decisions effect the product. Plant manager focused on trivial things because he is in over his head. HR looking to take away anything that has slipped through the cracks. Raises and yearly rating methods are a Class Action lawyers dream waiting to happen. Compensation levels vary so widely throughout the departments. Many newer operators doing the same tasks for $10 an hour less plus they don't get the pensions like the older employees but the expectations are the same. Promotions have nothing to do with ability, knowledge, education, or decision making abilities. What is needed is ability to not to disagree with other management, have a weak backbone, remove all independent though processes and rely on altering useless corporate metrics to make things look good at the quarterly reviews. Morale drops to a new low everyday, with no end in sight.

1.0

May 7, 2013

My 3 years experience working for 3M.

Administrative assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Discounted product, sometimes getting reserved parking when someone is out of the office. Having a clinic & pharmacy onsite.

Cons

New comers not welcomed. Difficult culture being new.

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Management disconnect, employees quitting, retiring early, transferring, anything to escape the chaos.

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