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

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
2.0
Jun 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Above average pay and employee stock purchase

Cons

Superficial goals surrounding sustainability & Employee Development. This company is an old boys club across the board. Management, is old aged and clueless in my area. Performance on 2-3 full time equivalent projects are demanded with ridiculous timelines (1/10th time of industry). Some groups (mine) are still trying to hire one person to work one position for their whole life. Organization as a whole is cutthroat, if you're a real jerk to everyone and good at pawning off your work on others and taking the credit, backstabbing every now and again, you may get somewhere. I've personally been blocked internally by my manager from applying to new jobs (puts in the bad word during hiring process) just so that he can keep me in his department. Couldn't be more unhappy.

4.0
May 10, 2016

Don't trust no one

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

overtime good pay benefits get everything at the door

Cons

Overtime the people safety don't trust no one

3.0
Mar 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

generally great benefits good 401k match 15% employees 3M stock discount company sponsored HSA health care premium discount for health activities annual incentive program (AIP) 'bonus' annual individual goal setting and individual objectives does effectively guide&lead positive change; results in a substantial amount of freedom in how you get your day to day work done built in knowledge sharing and collaboration across company divisions do it yourself company culture company name recognition on resume

Cons

No sick time to care for family members Supervisors or not allowed to recommend employees for external positions HR is so concerned about paying their employees at the median salary for their job grade that they make you fight just to gain the median salary. If you do well you do get promoted but then you start at the next grade below the median for that level even if you have already proven to be meeting expectation at the level you are being promoted too. Due to recent changes in how contract labor is managed it has become difficult to get paid help. This makes it difficult to devote time to making anything better in your group since you have to do this kind of work on the side of your regular work. This means that the only real way to advance is to work 'overtime'.

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