Slave to the Man - Engineer 3M Employee Review

1.0
Feb 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Its a large company with lots of diversity of products. You have many options, if the company is doing well.

Cons

I'm not certain that they care about their employees and their relations with their employees. Rather than being straightforward with decisions or showing confidence with decisions, they wait until the last minute to make decisions. The true test of how great a company is to work for is how they treat their employees in downturns. 3M is not demonstrating to me that its a company I will want to stay with for my career.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and decent benefits.

Cons

Current management is completely disconnected from the needs and concerns of individual contributors. Which appears to be on purpose, as the company is in an active strategy of both strategic layoffs and of driving attrition in general, so everyone's stress levels are super high. The head of HR just quit so I can only assume worse labor actions are on their way. Also, be ready to not have a desk but still be required to come in 4 days a week.

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