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 624 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 440 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 434 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 238 reviews))

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

"lots of layoffs due to restructuring" ((in 101 reviews)); "Can be horrible if your suck under a bad manager." ((in 74 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)); "Long hours and have high expectations for outcomes sometimes ones hat are unrealistic" ((in 60 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

2.0

Aug 29, 2013

Its not what it used to be

Specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Family company great stock options people are nice

Cons

Its hard to get anything done, the people that have been there forever do not want change and they are the majority. Good luck trying to get them to buy into any new idea. The company prefers to employ the children of the people who currently work there or have retired - this mean no innovation.. no new ideas. They have issues retaining any young people, and there are ethical issues in how some of the middle management runs their teams

2.0

Aug 25, 2013

leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The way 3M motivates you to take initiative is amazing. It simply holds you accountable from the work you are doing. Company encourages you to make mistakes and learn from your mistakes. (as long as you are not doing the same mistake again)

Cons

Company leaves day to day and the decisions management take are the biggest obstacles against the company to grow. Cutting budgets for the sake of saving today and without thinking about the future doees not help at all.

4.0

Aug 21, 2013

Very good organization to work

Production manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

open culture,good management support,cultivating environment for progress

Cons

some politics at managerial level demotivates

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