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 629 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 440 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 418 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 313 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 232 reviews))

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

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 251 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 102 reviews)); "So i paid for that when we had the bad managers." ((in 78 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 73 reviews)); "Poor upper management, the company has lost site of actual leadership." ((in 61 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

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

Sep 5, 2013

Good Compay to work for

It manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Able to move within company Very Knowledgeable people to work with

Cons

All the changes being made to the benefits over the years

4.0

Sep 2, 2013

Great place to work, old style management

It infrastructure engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large organization that has been around for a long time so they have processes in place for just about anything you can think of. Since they are a large company they have a ton of positions and they allow and encourage you to apply for from within. They employee discount is pretty good, but the product selection is limited.

Cons

The fact that they have been around for a long time means they have some really old ways of doing things. They also don't pay enough attention to IT infrastructure so expect to be way behind on all of your basic software. The review process is dreaded and not taken seriously by anyone and really has no influence on your salary.

3.0

Aug 30, 2013

Good traditional company with a big bureaucracy.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary with good benefits

Cons

Culture of micromanagement with a highly political atmosphere. It's sometimes difficult to make improvement efforts due to hoops you have to jump through to get things done. There's an atmosphere that you can't necessarily voice concerns about improvements needed in the organization because it may make someone in management look bad.

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