3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,860 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 5,860 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
Nov 12, 2017

Production

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Pros

If you get into their stock purchase plan, good for you. 3M is into so many different areas their stock is like it's own mutual fund.

Cons

Way, way, way too much overtime. I've been with this company for 15 years, but since 3M bought us about 3 years ago, everything has gone downhill. We work so much OT that the quality of what we make is dreadful. How can it be otherwise when employees are walking around like zombies? We get out of bed, come to work, go home and back to bed and then repeat it all the next day. There is no time for anything else in life. The average employee means nothing to management and I guess the customers don't mean anything to them either if they're willing to lower the quality of our merchandise this much.

4.0
Oct 29, 2017

Great place to work

Recommend
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Pros

- Great people to work with - Respect work-life balance - Good benefits

Cons

- Slow career growth - Middle management consists mostly "managers" and not "leaders" - very uninspiring

2.0
Sep 1, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good Job security Benefits were nice Plant personnel were polite for the most part Cheap cost of living, that's more the town than the company though

Cons

Lots of calls in the middle of the night, many requiring you to come in to the plant Overnight and weekend experiments are not uncommon; I've put in 24+ hour days before Corporate and plant can be very disjointed which creates a lot of communication and priority issues. Also, if you want something technically challenging or really get to use your engineering background, unfortunately this is not the position for you. 3M tends to put all the creative problem solving on the graduate degree holding corporate scientists in St. Paul. In a plant setting they essentially just want to see cost savings results

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