3M reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,842 total reviews)
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54% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,842 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
Jul 27, 2019

The company is not what it used to be.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Still a diversified industrial manufacturing company where you can pursuer career opportunities in a variety of markets

Cons

Management seems more focused on pursuing social causes instead of serving customers. Too many executive management appointments where the new executive is “Uniquely Qualified” for the role. This is code for “has no prior experience in the function or market”.

2.0
Mar 18, 2019
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Pros

Because the company is so profitable (with unbelievably huge gross margins on every sale), the company is quite stable.

Cons

- Over the years the organisational culture has become so toxic, with focus on hitting sales numbers the #1 driver above everything else. - There is zero care for customer experience or customer relationships. - All employees are seen as pawns to achieve the personal goals of career-minded managers. - Senior leaders generally don't care about individuals, but will only care as soon as they start to look bad. - Many positions at senior management level are like a rotating door, with huge amounts of churn. - Every person that has left is much happier afterwards... and many other people talk about leaving all the time but are too afraid to do so, because 3M also does a good job of convincing employees how wonderful they are compared to everywhere else.

4.0
Dec 28, 2017
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Pros

Amazing work-life balance; WFH/remote option; generally extremely intelligent co-workers; excellent workplace atmosphere; wonderful health benefits; great vacation; reduced stock purchase plan is fantastic; 401k is 5%-income match.

Cons

Very very poor middle management; performance reviews are a joke (sadly) and there is a forced distribution such that everyone essentially gets a 3 (on a scale from 1 to 5); nearly impossible to get rid of people who are worthless (they end up quitting or stay forever).

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