3M reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,846 total reviews)
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51% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,846 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
Oct 12, 2011

It's basically fine.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Co-workers and managers are nice and supportive. A lot of inter-divisional collaborations and many technology platforms are attractive to employees.

Cons

It is very ifficult for molecular biologists to have enough opportunities to use their skill sets, and thus they seem to move away from this field.

3.0
Oct 10, 2011

Good place to start a career

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Diversity of products and markets, great exposure. Ability to have multiple careers in a single company

Cons

Slow moving and bureaucratic. Lack of outside in thinking. "Minnesota Nice" keeps people from having difficult, honest decisions.

3.0
Sep 29, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k) - great and diverse people to work with - moving toward newer technologies - thorough with their numbers - moving toward a scrum variation

Cons

- hard to get in (interviewing) - the director had non engineer managers under him (making it his "kingdom") - the managers have no engineer experience, that makes it hard for them to understand (from an engineering perspective) - steep learning curve - badge in and badge out ("badging out" was a new thing for me)

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