3M reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,837 total reviews)
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55% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,837 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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Aug 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A strong and stable company, accountable for their ethics.

Cons

Tenure means everything. If you're not a millennial or haven't already worked here for 20 years, forget about advancement. Outside experience means nothing. Tenure and nepotism are chosen over skill. Very conservative.

2.0
Dec 8, 2013

If You are Top Talent There are Better Options

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent Salary, Benefits, but be cautious its structured to keep you be hand-cuffed to the organizations for the long-term

Cons

Poor Leadership, Bullying Bosses, Stealing of ideas, Cliquish. Too much castle building, so bosses fight for products and people to manage for visibility and power, then they make promises to deliver great things, they don't resouce their teams to succed but are sure to have someone/ something else to throw under the boss when things go wrong. Unbelievable amount of turnover in roles in the US and globally. Remember that when you think " wow 3M is hiring, So many job openings", then ask yourself why you think that is Impotent HR Dept: Heard many people complain about poor bosses and bad 3M HR practices but HR would do nothing and one person was told by HR " There is NOTHING I can do" Recruiting process is as nepotist as it gets and HR just does as it's told by hiring managers/team The Profiles of 3M Employees: Profile A: Older Folks who seem to not want to/or lack the ability do anything innovative. They just work enough to not get fired they are however really good at leveraging their deep internal political networks to secure as much resources from themelsves as possible Profile B: Young folks from lower tier schools but they are somebodies (golf buddy's)nephew/neice or (golf buddy's) grandson/granddaughter so they got the job. They are nice enough people but not the top talent that you can collectively work together with to grow your careers with Profile C: Most Top tier talent are either 6-12months new to the company and/or are on their way out to greener pastures

2.0
Sep 4, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

3M has a history as a great place to work. The past culture of the company has been such that you can go into a 3M office anywhere in the world and feel at home. This culture is morphing and, paired with a number of business challenges, makes 3M not such a fun place to be in 2022 / 2023. The company is trying hard to fight the litigation it faces and to spin off its Health Care business. If it can succeed on both of these fronts, I'm sure there will be brighter days ahead.

Cons

The company is turbulent at this time (2022). There is a very heavy focus on the short term that has become so extreme, teams cannot even complete the last short term decisions before direction is shifted again. I started in the early 2000's and at that time, I spent about 60% of my time as a strategic thinker (fresh out of undergrad). As time went on, this became less and less of a focus, even as I grew in my career. Trying to wrestle leaders into strategic planning was generally met with deaf ears. Now, there is zero oxygen for long-term planning, at least within my function.

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