3M reviews

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

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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1.0
Jul 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Monthly pay check and that is it.

Cons

You wont believe the level of talent (or lack there of) you would see at 3M HIS. People at 3M HIS get into roles that they are completely unqualified for simply because of politics. Seniority is measured in terms of years rather than true competence. This division has no notion of meritocracy. If you can butter up your boss to get ahead, you will eventually win awards and get into higher levels in the company. Otherwise, be where you are for the next 10 to 15 years. Women, as many have mentioned are sidelined in this company - completely stuck in the old mentality. For fresh grads and people who have a bachelors or higher, all of this would be highly soul crushing. Not to mention the zombie like office environment. Unfortunately, the clueless-ness of this division starts from the very top. The competence of the current president is representative of this division. You will see incompetence right from IT to NLP.

4.0
Jul 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are top notch I doubt many companies will provide better. The job training is the best I've ever been offered. The company is very serious about retaining top talent. The work environment is very friendly and low stress.

Cons

Management does not understand technology. Patents are more important than open source and they want to convert everything to Microsoft. Switching from SVN to TFS was an upper management decision when it should be an engineer's decision. Virtual machine provision is locked behind archaic red tape.

1.0
Jun 29, 2015

3m HIS== Awful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Paychecks Occurred. Fun to work along with so many women coders for a change.

Cons

They do not know how to run a software company. No working from home, extra hours expected always, tense working environment every day. Management is ex-military style, they do not care about you. Everything is CYA. No time or room for innovation. Worst "software" company I ever worked for. Idiots micro-managing professionals. Constant fire-fight because they will not invest to get things done right and within reasonable time frames. Biggest tight wad / penny pinchers I've ever seen. Only get paid once a month!

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