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 636 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 444 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 417 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 305 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 228 reviews))

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

"Poor management poor vision for future" ((in 249 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 97 reviews)); "Can be horrible if your suck under a bad manager." ((in 72 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 71 reviews)); "Long hours and have high expectations for outcomes sometimes ones hat are unrealistic" ((in 57 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.

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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

Mar 4, 2009

A very motivating place to work

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

sky is the limit, many opportunities worldwide

Cons

level of bureacracy and decison making too slow

5.0

Feb 25, 2009

3M is a great place to work!

Staff accountant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Love the vacation pay! Staff parties were awesome!

Cons

Bureaucracy was out of control.

3.0

Feb 17, 2009

Once proactive, now reactive.

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global company with many opportunities in a variety of career options and locations. Wonderful products and many great, hardworking people still work there. Compensation and benefits are competive. Overall, conservative with expenses.

Cons

Senior employees are "conveniently" weeded out in favor of younger, less costly to keep employees. Nepotism and buddy systems are blatant: friends and family are mentored and promoted over "not connected" qualified candidates. Employee job performance feedback is ineffective - subjective with quotas on how many can receive higher grades (often reserved for those on the "fastrack", regardless of ability). Programs are implemented without good planning or reason just to show that management is "doing something".

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