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 639 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 441 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 419 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 236 reviews))

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

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 262 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 93 reviews)); "Can be horrible if your suck under a bad manager." ((in 76 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 72 reviews)); "No work life balance and poor upper management" ((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

4.0

Mar 2, 2014

A bit of a mess. The culture is if you didn't invent it you won't use it.

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, good work life balance

Cons

All technology is siloed. No one shares work between teams

1.0

Mar 1, 2014

3M India is quite unprofessional and unethical as far as its treatment to employees are concerned

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

Nothing in particular. Its a sleepy organization which will offer you decent work life balance with no desire to improve

Cons

It only rewards loyalty and most of the senior managers are old 3Mers who have only seen 3M and are completely unaware of whats happening outside the world. They invariably will favour their old employees over new ones for only one reason i.e. loyalty even if they do not have any talent or desire to improve the 3M process. I think worst is 3M supply chain which is headed by an old timer who would go to any length to ensure metrics look good even though its wrong or fudged. Completely unethical. This is one of the reason very few lateral hires stay beyond 1-2 years in 3M supply chain.i

5.0

Feb 28, 2014

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well rounded environment, good people

Cons

Location location and location, far away

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A bit of a mess. The culture is if you didn't invent it you won't use it.

3M India is quite unprofessional and unethical as far as its treatment to employees are concerned

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