Good company, but too focused on younger employees - Anonymous employee 3M Employee Review

3.0
Feb 12, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great pay structure, vacation time earned by years of service. Flexible work hours, great benefits: employee discount programs, 401K, medical insurance, dental, vision. etc.

Cons

Work at home is offered, but people that use it are treated negatively. Unfortunately, "butts in seats" is current preference for management. Take a lesson from companies that have employees that really work remotely (IBM, Apple, etc.). Very limited opportunities in Austin for advancement. Too many layoffs in Austin has created extremely bad morale and constantly scared employees. Fear does not create an innovative workplace... Focus of management is retaining younger employees and lay offs of older seasoned workers is commonplace. Performance review structure is archaeic and can be extremely biased.

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