Not what it used to be - Senior Software Engineer 3M Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pros: - 3M (who owns 3M HIS) is a large and stable company with good salaries and benefits - New "Flexibility" program in work hours helps employees coordinate around personal schedules

Cons

Cons: - Chaotic work environment with constantly shifting priorities - Risk taking is punished, not rewarded - Very micromanaging/controlling management team - Stale/stagnant technical environment without growth opportunities - Corporate IT policies not friendly to software development

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Good pay and decent benefits.

Cons

Current management is completely disconnected from the needs and concerns of individual contributors. Which appears to be on purpose, as the company is in an active strategy of both strategic layoffs and of driving attrition in general, so everyone's stress levels are super high. The head of HR just quit so I can only assume worse labor actions are on their way. Also, be ready to not have a desk but still be required to come in 4 days a week.

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