3M reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,847 total reviews)
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William M. Brown

51% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,847 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
Jun 9, 2012

Be aware of what you are joining.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good company if you are prepared to give your self over completely to it. You can earn the money by working plenty of hours and give your family a good start in life. It's is possible to get to the top in the company. Good products that will always carry the company through.

Cons

Like to call themselves an ethical company but one thing I've learnt over the years is that I want to work for a moral company. By ethical company I mean they know what is right and say the right words but do something else. I once filled in an "anonymous" survey and the following day received a phone call and was questioned on what I had put and then got the survey back to reconsider what I had put. To advance you have to learn how to play the game, it's not about knowledge or skills it's about networking. This has gone on for as long as I have have worked for 3M till now it's ingrained and part of the company. Those at the top have got there on the whole by this means and don't know how to spot knowledge or skills because they have never had to use them. Be careful what you say on here as they do monitor sites like this.

1.0
Jun 5, 2012

boring work

Recommend
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Pros

clean environment to work in.

Cons

worked like a mule and underpaid for sure

3.0
Jun 4, 2012

ok experience

Recommend
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Pros

technology , differentiated products, known brand, global leader, respected company

Cons

work culture , market understanding is limited, B2C focus, focus on marketing , reach to consumer

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