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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6K reviews

2.0

Mar 7, 2012

Great People, Frustrating Corporate Culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to learn the basics and experience an old-school hierarchical sales force and engineering focused culture. We are really, really good at being big. When the younger generation takes over this company will be a very different place (hopefully).

Cons

Politics. CONSERVATIVE culture. Very limited understanding of new media, modern brand management, or anything cutting edge (if this company was a sad man at the bar it would be 55 and whiter than minnesota). We are so good at over-engineering stuff that our customers don't want sometimes it's silly.

2.0

Feb 27, 2011

Dishonest and without any integrity

Secretary

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly colleques. Interesting work, well, sometimes.

Cons

Everything in the field of HR management. This is where they're dishonest and without any integrity. Get a bad result in Employee Contribution ( EC&DP ) and they'll even skip your inflation correction. This is how bad it gets there.

1.0

Jun 27, 2010

Do Your Homework

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Location. Stable- depending on where you are in the corporation. Ample opportunity for lateral movement to try different things.

Cons

Below average compensation and benefits. There is NO work/life balance at 3M unless you've been there for a long time! If you do stand your ground and not let them stomp on you, you'd better be happy with where your at because you'll never get anywhere. The 3M philosophy is to suck you in, dump on you until they break your back and then spit you out. They don't care about retention of good talent which is very saddening. Best part is management knows this! My manager keeps telling me to put various things on my resume.. Very Political! Lots of headstrong people with big egos and personal agendas.

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