3M reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,845 total reviews)
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William M. Brown

54% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,845 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
Jul 16, 2019

A bit antiquated.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Met a few nice people along the way.

Cons

Felt stuck in the late 80s, early 90s business atmosphere. Sales meetings the equivalent of watching on YouTube "windows 95 launch" by Microsoft. Old business people talking about collaboration, while VP's host dinner events where they sit in the corner, only talking to people who's job is to tell them how great they are, while they play on their phone. Next, they stand up and work the room as if they were Tony Robbins himself, while pumping up "thier" employees about "collaboration", then back to their corner for more texting and the bestowing of praise from thier underlings. If the 3M medical experience could be summed up by some of the super lame business buzzwords you will hear, it would be "A synergistic, robust, collaboration of low hanging fruit, with very little bandwidth ". If you actually like to collaborate with a goal oriented group of people, this is not for you. If you enjoy having a plethora of talking boss chickens, clucking away, while bouncing off of each other to see who can get to that next promotion while stepping over their co-collaborators , this is what you've been looking for.

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Hello, Thank you for your review. We are very sorry to hear that you felt 3M was out of touch, and really appreciate you sharing your concerns with us.
4.0
Jan 16, 2019

Great company to work for, a few suggestions

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits at 3M are top-notch. Salary, medical, and the 401k match are very competitive. 3M also offers a lot of development opportunities such as trainings, travel opportunities, and forums. Management is very flexible (usually) when it comes to working from home or alternative work schedules. You can really make your career your own and have many avenues and career paths to explore.

Cons

Although most benefits are great, 3M is behind other companies in PTO. You have to work at 3M for 4 years to receive 3 weeks of vacations, before that you have 2 weeks and a handful of personal days. It seems like this is an inflexible, non-negotiable policy. 3M is still struggling with a stuffy, conservative culture as well. This culture is perpetuated by top level management.

2.0
Sep 8, 2018
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Pros

Flexible working, good celebrations

Cons

Promote people unfairly (no interviews), management is biased (if you are not part of the clique you stand no chance), unrealistic standards at times yet for more important things willing to turn a blind eye/brush under the carpet, a lot of bad managers which cause employees to disengage, lack of faith and integrity as an employer

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