not looking good - Outside Sales Representative 3M Employee Review

3.0
Apr 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great technical resources Company car can be used for personal use (never pay for gas again) Great flexibility

Cons

This company has no idea how to use Salesforce. I have worked in multiple divisions, and each leader has their own idea of how to use it. what was once a stretch goal for activities and finding opportunities has now become the MINIMUM. The amount of info they want you to put in salesforce takes about 70% of your time. taking away from valuable sales time. this leads to an incredible amount of lying about actual activities and sales won-which will help you get promoted with no backfire. You may either have a HUGE territory or a only a couple counties. depends on which territory you get. If you have an entire state, be prepared to drive all the time, AND spend hours on Salesforce.com once you get home. Leadership continues to create more homework on Salesforce in order to micro manage but explains it in a way to hide the fact that they are micromanaging you. There is a terrible culture where leadership never wants to hear any bad news or criticism about management. they promote those that worship their feet, without any thought about experience or ability to do the job. 3M has increased its price to its customers 4 times within the past year while only giving a 2% raise to sales reps that hit quota last year. Many reps have left recently because they know they can get better pay and have some sense of self respect.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is genuinely competitive — one of the stronger-paying manufacturing roles you'll find in the area. Benefits package is comprehensive and well above average. The retirement account and stock options are a real standout, especially for a machine operator role; 3M clearly invests in its employees long-term. Day-to-day, the people on the floor make the job. Coworkers were hardworking and easy to get along with, which goes a long way in a production environment. Upper management is what you'd expect from a large corporation — a bit removed from the floor — but that's pretty standard for a company of that size, Not a deal breaker.

Cons

The shift schedule is rough. Rotating between 12-hour days and nights on a swing schedule sounds manageable on paper, but constantly flipping your sleep schedule takes a real toll over time. Work-life balance is difficult to maintain when your "days off" are often spent just recovering and readjusting, and you can easily miss out on normal life things — social plans, family time, errands — simply because your schedule doesn't line up with the rest of the world that week. Upper management can also be a friction point. When people who haven't touched the machines in years (or ever) come to the floor with strong opinions about how things should run, it creates frustration. The folks actually operating the equipment day in and day out develop real expertise, and that doesn't always feel acknowledged from above.

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