Does 3M pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, 3M employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at 3M. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at 3M?

66% of 3M employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated 3M 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at 3M?

Sales Representative (139) , Estagiário (122) , Engineer (96) , Manager (96) , Supply Chain Analyst (95) , Machine Operator (75) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Production Operator (66) , Intern (65) , Technical Aide (65) , Marketing (60) , Software Engineer (58) , Sales (57) , Manufacturing Engineer (53) , Analyst (50)

What are the pros of working at 3M according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are changing and while not as good as they once were they are still not bad." ((in 628 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 451 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 427 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 311 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 222 reviews))

What are the cons of working at 3M according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 256 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 95 reviews)); "So i paid for that when we had the bad managers." ((in 77 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 71 reviews)); "Poor upper management, the company has lost site of actual leadership." ((in 63 reviews))

What are employees saying about 3M layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about 3M layoffs and their outlook for job security at 3M in 2026.

What are the top reviewed 3M locations?

Neuß , Hilden , Seefeld , Wiesbaden , Wuppertal , Dormagen , Düsseldorf , Kamen , Köln , Burgkirchen an der Alz

3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,856 total reviews)

William M. Brown

48% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,856 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 Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews

3.0

Sep 15, 2015

Ok

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good work life balance for most

Cons

Too large of a contract employee pool of workers

4.0

Sep 14, 2015

Technical Service / R&D

Senior applications development specialist (r&d)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good company, it works in so many markets that it makes 3M stable and always growing in sales and gross margin. Multicultural working environment, ethics and compliance is a key component of the company. You will keep on learning and learning, having fun with so many technologies and products

Cons

You may reach a point in your career where you can not go further unless you move from subsidiaries to Saint Paul Corporate Offices. Salaries are below average. High employee turnover.

4.0

Sep 12, 2015

Great company, but your feeling will vary a lot on different occupations

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Industry leader with overall high product margin, provide company enough motivation to provide great benefit to the employee. Good work/life balance. A lot of internal opportunities.

Cons

The company is still looking for new engine for future business increase. Without major innocative products comming out, company tend to cut cost to maintain nice-looking financial performance to satisfy wall street. People worked in R&D and production line can have totally diferent feeling about the company calture.

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