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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2.0
Apr 13, 2022

USAC killed it

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Pros

Base pay is really good and so is the RRSP plan. Variable pay sucks.

Cons

3M was great. USAC is a new restructuring where the US eliminated resourcing for Canada and killed its high performing culture. As a result all the good talent left. Zero local upward mobility and stagnant wages. US has this astonishing combination of useless meetings and endless spinning of tires for approvals to do anything, but at the same time offering no support or real care for the Canadian business. Competitors in Canada are starting to eat 3M alive because of the lack of focus locally. It’s really too bad because before this restructure it was a different company. Sales professionals look elsewhere, there are better opportunities as there is zero incentive to outperform anymore.

3.0
Mar 31, 2022

2022 Cost of Living

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Pros

Diversified Business (somewhat recession resistant).

Cons

Conservative/Soggy (think not as innovative as they claim)

2.0
Jan 16, 2022

Eh, if you need a job

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Pros

The cupture was positive before Monish came in. He brought a lot of ‘experience’ from GE (Weak financial performance AND crappy culture). At least with gangestad the culture was more family style. Roman is a good guy trying to do the right thing, but needs better people around him and to loosen up.

Cons

Too many businesses for management to handle. Doubled down on command and control strategy instead of decentralized leadership. Hasn’t grown in 5-10 years and will not with the current strategy. Stagnant leaders with experience in 3M or similar large companies. No incentives to be successful or take risks.

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