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 (61) , 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 610 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 445 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 435 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 312 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 250 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 97 reviews)); "So i paid for that when we had the bad managers." ((in 74 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 65 reviews)); "No work life balance and poor upper management" ((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

(5,839 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 5,839 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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

1.0

Sep 29, 2017

Great stepping stone, don't expect full-time if you come in as contract

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing colleagues and great products

Cons

Terrible management, half the workforce is kept on a contract to contract cycle for as many years as 3M can legally get away from it. No HR support for contract workers who are treated like second class citizens.

2.0

Aug 1, 2017

Great Pay. Lousy Company.

Machine operator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They pay very well, especially for their manufacturing positions. They have great benefits. I really like how their vacation and sick time are separated. They seem to care about safety more than other companies.

Cons

I really don't understand how this company is able to stay running with the way management is being ran. They have no concept of LEAN or 5S. To be promoted, they don't really care about how qualified you are for the position. You have to either be male, related to someone, or having "relations" with someone in management to be get anywhere in the company. Their quality is also laughable. I have seen their quality technicians fudge data. Even the quality dept supervisor doesn't understand international regulations for quality. As for life/work balance: there is none. Don't expect to have a life at this company.

1.0

Feb 20, 2017

Manager of Technology

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Infrastructure including hiking trails, gyms etc

Cons

Poor ethnical values Poor management Inefficient management Political Everything else

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