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      3M

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      3M reviews

      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (5,846 total reviews)
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      William M. Brown

      51% approve of CEO

      48% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Senior management

      3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,846 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
      4.0
      Feb 20, 2017

      Happy now, maybe not in 10 years

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People, opportunities, incredible variety of type of work that can be pursued, literally switch fields/careers if you want

      Cons

      Milking historical product families for near-term shareholder growth vs. actually innovating, investing in what outside folks see (the business buildings and new science center) and leaving labs/office areas look like trash, insanely slow hierarchy (CEO has to approve spending over a few million), bad managers who know the right people stick around

      1.0
      Feb 9, 2017

      Research & Development Technician

      Research and development technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to work for until management cuts "structural overhead" to satisfy Wall Street. Great salary and benefits for full time employees.

      Cons

      Structural overhead is not managers like they release to the press but workers who are close to retirement or who's job can be replaced by a cheaper contract worker. No long term goals outside of growing the business at 10% a year. Everything is a short term goal to appease Wall Street. If sales are down slightly compared to "growth targets" projects are cut and people are laid off even if the project has excellent long term growth opportunities.

      3.0
      Feb 3, 2017

      3M

      R&d
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great variety and good people at the worker level

      Cons

      Very short term focused, business objectives handed down from the top without concern on if they are real or not

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