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?

69% of 3M employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated 3M 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at 3M?

Sales Representative (139) , Estagiário (121) , Manager (96) , Engineer (95) , Supply Chain Analyst (95) , Machine Operator (74) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Intern (65) , Production Operator (65) , Technical Aide (65) , Marketing (61) , Software Engineer (58) , Sales (57) , Manufacturing Engineer (53) , Analyst (49)

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 608 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 453 reviews)); "The pay is good and the work great." ((in 416 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 299 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 234 reviews))

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

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 250 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 101 reviews)); "I had a bad manager whom I got along with but never promoted me." ((in 74 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 69 reviews)); "No work life balance and poor upper management" ((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

69% would recommend to a friend

(5,841 total reviews)

William M. Brown

54% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,841 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

5.0

Jul 6, 2010

Great place to work.

Quality engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Management does a good job of promoting career advancement and gives employees opportunties to develop their careers through new training and experiences.

Cons

Large company so you can sometimes feel disconnected from company or division improvements and growth.

1.0

Jun 27, 2010

Do Your Homework

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Location. Stable- depending on where you are in the corporation. Ample opportunity for lateral movement to try different things.

Cons

Below average compensation and benefits. There is NO work/life balance at 3M unless you've been there for a long time! If you do stand your ground and not let them stomp on you, you'd better be happy with where your at because you'll never get anywhere. The 3M philosophy is to suck you in, dump on you until they break your back and then spit you out. They don't care about retention of good talent which is very saddening. Best part is management knows this! My manager keeps telling me to put various things on my resume.. Very Political! Lots of headstrong people with big egos and personal agendas.

3.0

Jun 24, 2010

3M is a typical large corporation

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It’s a big company, so there is a lot of room to move around and lots of opportunities. 3M is big into advanced education so the tuition reimbursement is second to none. In truth, if you work hard and do a good job of networking there are opportunities to grow and advance.

Cons

Because of it's size it can be very difficult to get notice, you really do have to network. It is very much who you know not what. There are also a lot of people hiding out waiting to retire. The evaluation system is complete BS, ratings are based on almost everything but performance.

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