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

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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

Jul 15, 2013

Its OK if you like corporations - this is a conglomerate

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

stability, friendly, intelligent, opportunities to grow, career flexibility

Cons

corporate governance, corporate policy, conservative practices

5.0

Jul 13, 2013

great place to work at

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pay is great and the poeple are easy and fun to work with. It is not very easy to move up but if you work hard enough, your work is recognized.

Cons

the pay raise are only 3%

4.0

Jul 10, 2013

Working at 3M

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, lots of opportunities to move around,

Cons

Old school company...some groups/divisions are better than others but slow to progress at modern ideas (remote working, not enough spent on IT, etc...). Poor direction on workspaces

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