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      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (5,839 total reviews)
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      William M. Brown

      55% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,839 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
      Nov 18, 2008

      Resources cut left and right does not create a growth engine.

      Senior product development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Many opportunities to move into other jobs for especially sales, marketing, business, chemists, and engineers. Diversity of projects and people. Culture of innovation is still around. Most employees are happy to work at this company because of interesting projects and advanced technology. Very few employers have the breadth of knowledge available to the 3M community.

      Cons

      Innovation has taken a real hit. Creativity is stifled by management who only sees one quarter ahead. Not willing to take big risks for fear of failure. The "old 3M" which means something different to everyone really never existed, but the reason it keeps coming up (how things were better at the "old 3M") is because there has been a slow decline over many years in terms of project resources, benefits, management communication to employees, and creativity.

      4.0
      Nov 7, 2008

      3M - hidden opportunities

      Senior engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      3M has a very innovation oriented culture. Employees are encouraged to come up with even incremental process and product improvements. Coworkers are very cooperative. There are very few barriers to information sharing. You can go across the campus to another lab and get the resources you need for your project.

      Cons

      To succeed in 3M, you have to be working in a core technology such as films, adhesives or biochemicals. If you are in a support group or division, opportunities for exciting projects or career advancement are limited. Mid level managers seem to have very little power. They have very limited ability to help their direct reports in performance improvements until it is too late.

      5.0
      Oct 21, 2008

      Just a little 3M

      Sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      An open and fairly casual attitude about delivering sales results is the best reason for working at 3M. We are prodivded the tools and traning necessary to do our jobs and do them well. We have support from immediate and upper management when any issues arise and very quick response to correct them.

      Cons

      We are a big company that moves very slow to make changes if they can be made at all. If one is not identified as a top producer or effective leader it may be impossible to move towards the position you want.

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