Does 3M pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, 3M employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at 3M. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at 3M?

69% of 3M employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated 3M 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at 3M?

Sales Representative (139) , Estagiário (121) , Engineer (95) , Supply Chain Analyst (95) , Manager (94) , Machine Operator (74) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Intern (65) , Production Operator (65) , Technical Aide (65) , Marketing (59) , Software Engineer (58) , Sales (57) , Manufacturing Engineer (53) , Analyst (49)

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 629 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 446 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 415 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 233 reviews))

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

"Poor management poor vision for future" ((in 252 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 94 reviews)); "So i paid for that when we had the bad managers." ((in 75 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 71 reviews)); "Saw upper management changed 3 times for the 3 years I have been there." ((in 58 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.

3M reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,837 total reviews)

William M. Brown

55% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

Apr 3, 2026

Great culture but lacks learning opportunities and tech advancement

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and great culture

Cons

Learning opportunities and slow on any new technology

3.0

Apr 2, 2026

Declining company, declining employer

It specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great, intelligent coworkers and a decent culture of collaboration.

Cons

3M has been declining financially for years due to clepto executives. Recently they decided to stop paying competitive salaries. The new CEO is the type to expect positive performance changes based on his words and not his actions. He is outsourcing critical resources to questionably capable agencies and destroying the culture of collaboration and cooperation.

3.0

Apr 1, 2026

Interesting problems but concerns about layoffs and leadership changes

Sr. engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Unique and interesting problems to be solved. Most of the other contributors are pleasant to work with.

Cons

Every 2 or 3 years there's shakeups in St. Paul that result in layoffs here. Recent leadership changes are squeezing hard. On-Call support can be rough

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