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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6K reviews
2.0
May 7, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, location, environment, interesting and challenging work. Many wonderful people to work with.

Cons

Incompetent and unqualified management, nepotism, the cousin of the manger that brought her in the department secretly, got the job that I earned. When I brought up to the director the qualifications of my manager he said, "you tell anyone what happened to you and I will kick your ass." , while the HR manage sat next to me and said nothing. An upper level manager used the, "F", word to me twice in a meeting while my manager sat next to me and said nothing and when reported nothing was done about it and if you did that to a manager at 3M they would walk you out the door. People advanced not by their accomplishment or contributions but by who they sucked up to and that is the 3M way. Those envolved in nepotism should be fired no matter how long ago it happened. However, 3M management can't handle that problem either when nepotism is their fault it says on the application, "do you have any relatives that work here.", and 3M let her come in the department and move ahead. She advanced three job classes in a year and a half and is there a red flag there?

2.0
Mar 4, 2024

Unclear Future

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You have a lot of opportunities to learn new skills. Compensation is okay.

Cons

Do not trust senior leadership as they speak out the side of their mouths (say one thing in one sentence then take's it away in another, we need to grow, yet we're cutting salespeople) very dysfunctional relationship between senior leadership and teams. Very risk averse that drives decisions within the company. Too many people in positions that "check a box" vs. helping the company innovate and move forward. Processes and procedures are the rods in the back of the organization that limit its ability to release products. In my opinion, leadership do not know how to lead but great at managing teams, which is not want the company needs at the moment.

3.0
Sep 25, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Pretty good work/life balance. Good culture. Work from home is very flexible. There are a lot of opportunities to move around in the company and learn various specialties or areas of interest.

Cons

Moral is very low in 2023. Leadership is very out of touch with operations. There have been a large number of layoffs which made people working there feel uneasy about job security.

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3M Response
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Hello, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are happy to hear that you enjoy a good work-life balance and growth opportunities we have to offer. We see your concerns regarding leadership and morale and encourage you to speak to your direct supervisor or HR to discuss these issues further if you have not yet done so. Have a nice day!
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