Superb technical company where collaboration is encouraged; beware the "cling-ons" - Anonymous employee 3M Employee Review

4.0
Feb 14, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Overall, the best place I've encountered for information sharing and collaboration amongst the technical staff. From the first day I started, scientists and engineers at the corporate and division levels were willing to spend time with me to help me solve technical problems.

Cons

The size of the company lends itself to the typical bureaucracies of a large corporation, including the usual contingent of managerial "cling-ons" who would rather take shortcuts to get to the top.

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5.0
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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Good pay, benefits, and time off

Cons

The IT org is constantly going through layoffs. The work is going to managed service providers in India. The whole process is clown shoes. They are letting people go that have been here for 20+ years that have so much knowledge and expect to transfer it over to workers who are extremely siloed, who might not even be around in 6 months(the retention rate for this particular MSP is abysmal). These workers are not even dedicated to 3M, they have many other projects. I’m concerned for 3M’s IT future. Walking over dollars to pick up pennies

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