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 decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at 3M?

68% 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, 3.6 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 (74) , Customer Service Representative (66) , Production Operator (66) , Intern (65) , Technical Aide (65) , Marketing (60) , 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 pay is good and the work great." ((in 427 reviews)); "The people are great and supportive" ((in 423 reviews)); "They have a lot focused groups and activities which shows how inclusive and great their culture are" ((in 307 reviews)); "Good work life balance.Reputed brand and respected company" ((in 236 reviews))

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

"Poor management waiting for redundancies" ((in 247 reviews)); "There are frequent layoffs and all employees live in fear of the next round." ((in 106 reviews)); "So i paid for that when we had the bad managers." ((in 75 reviews)); "Poor leadership; resting on old innovation laurels; unfavorable workplace if coming from another company" ((in 71 reviews)); "No work life balance and poor upper management" ((in 62 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

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,850 total reviews)

William M. Brown

51% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,850 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).

Reviews by job title

6K reviews

2.0

Jul 1, 2015

Formerly a great company that needs a shake up to get back on track

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People in the trenches are generally great to work with Large, stable company Room for improvement Talented developers

Cons

Senior leaders don't listen to the experts Support staff not technical enough to handle issues so lots of bleed over to devs Very few "perks" for a multi-million dollar company Priorities constantly shifting

3.0

Jun 20, 2015

Mid-level Management is Severely Lacking

Systems analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Opportunities for growth -Compensation -Yearly promotions -Clean facilities

Cons

-Lack of product knowledge -Hostile environment when working with development (swearing, unprofessional and demeaning) -Lack of training -Management prevents employees from moving to other departments unless you have had the job for two years

3.0

Apr 6, 2015

Field Sales

Field sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

most work for 20 plus year here, great 401K and pension plan they match 9 percent total between 6 percent 401K and 3 percent pension plan

Cons

below fair wages, they bought the company i was working at and cut our pay $20k and smiled and said hey drink the red cool aid and welcome onboard

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