Is 3M a good company to work for?

3M has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 8,284 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 636 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 436 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 406 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 301 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 243 reviews))

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

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 251 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 92 reviews)); "Can be horrible if your suck under a bad manager." ((in 78 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 73 reviews)); "No work life balance and poor upper management" ((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

(5,860 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 5,860 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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

May 17, 2017

The good and the bad of a huge global company

Global business director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Mostly known as an industrial provider, 3M operates in various business segments, from Health Care to Consumer products. The R&D capabilities are fantastic and the company consistently invests in new products across various platforms, either directly or through M&A. Its global footprint makes it for exciting yet stable performance, as a slow-down in a market can be off-set by a growth in another. Leadership is getting much better at focusing in key growth businesses and regions vs. a highly decentralized model from year ago.

Cons

It can be frustrating to find the right empowerment model in this highly "matrix" organization - the approximately 30 Divisions have a global leader but in each country report to a local Managing Director that may have different goals. Leading a team here can be a roller-coaster if the Region vs. Business politics gets in the way.

4.0

Feb 20, 2017

Happy now, maybe not in 10 years

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People, opportunities, incredible variety of type of work that can be pursued, literally switch fields/careers if you want

Cons

Milking historical product families for near-term shareholder growth vs. actually innovating, investing in what outside folks see (the business buildings and new science center) and leaving labs/office areas look like trash, insanely slow hierarchy (CEO has to approve spending over a few million), bad managers who know the right people stick around

1.0

Feb 9, 2017

Research & Development Technician

Research and development technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work for until management cuts "structural overhead" to satisfy Wall Street. Great salary and benefits for full time employees.

Cons

Structural overhead is not managers like they release to the press but workers who are close to retirement or who's job can be replaced by a cheaper contract worker. No long term goals outside of growing the business at 10% a year. Everything is a short term goal to appease Wall Street. If sales are down slightly compared to "growth targets" projects are cut and people are laid off even if the project has excellent long term growth opportunities.

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