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      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (5,839 total reviews)
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      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 5,839 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
      2.0
      Oct 28, 2010

      Promotion is inversely proportional to competence.

      Advanced scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Reasonable pay Very good sick leave entitlements

      Cons

      Poor career advancement if you are in the wrong division. Extremely poor middle managers who only care about themselves and will actively keep talented people down. This company is all about talk and no action when it comes to improving employee satisfaction. Chance of promotion is inversely proportional to competence.

      5.0
      Oct 22, 2010

      Great learning experience!

      Co-op
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As a student doing a Co-Op they assigned me various projects and gave me the freedom to tackle those projects in the way I saw fit. This allowed me demonstrate my innovative spirit; accomplishing my goals while meeting or exceeding expectations.

      Cons

      3M gives me as many projects as I can handle, providing the experience that I need and crave. However I have friends who are in my major that made up to $4 per hour more plus housing paid during their first Co-Op, but then again they did not feel their potential was fully utilized by their employer and that their educational experience was not what they hoped for.

      2.0
      Oct 19, 2010

      Relying on old glory days

      Marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good name on resume still Interesting technologies Cool labs and smart people Good international growth

      Cons

      Extremely slow to recognize and adapt to change - at risk of being becoming irrelevant in US Very outdated technology systems, processes and skill sets Limited advancement, long, long waits for promotions, emphasis on lateral moves, many dead ends No real marketing expertise Even the interior is a weird flashback to what what the 1950s looked like, and many current employees were probably working there then (40+ years of service not uncommon, while employees under the age of 40 quite uncommon)

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