3M reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,856 total reviews)
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William M. Brown

48% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

3M has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,856 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 Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
May 18, 2018

Good company to work for mostly

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible working High level of autonomy to make decisions Size and diversity of company provides lots of opportunity

Cons

Upgrade process is cumbersome and exhausting There are a few very poor people managers who keep getting moved sideways and tend to demoralise whichever team they're inflicted upon Size of company can make it easy to get lost in the crowd

2.0
Mar 9, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

3M offers the opportunity for people to take responsibilities in a very dynamic organization. They give the chance to take initiatives whatever the position. Wide variety of businesses and processes Strong organization

Cons

The managers are changing very often of positions and as the culture is to consider that changes are providing always added value, I had several managers with very low experience in their position. and therefore their capacity to bring technical support to their subordinates is rather poor. The way you are perceived in your job can change very quickly from positive to negative in particular if you don't show strong motivation to move to another position after 3-4 years. The worst can be as in my case to be considered as not anymore valuable because of too much time spent in the position. The acknowledge of my technical competencies by my managers was rather low while in the same time the job was obviously very correctly done. Here the question of the matching between the culture of the company and myself was the reason raised to justify that from their side ! Salary policy is rather not interesting for middle management and the comments from the HR about that is to explain that the expectations of earnings from the equity funds which have invested into 3M are always even higher !!

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3M Response
3y
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us. Your insights and feedback will help us make 3M a better place for our people.
3.0
Jul 11, 2023

Not the same

Recommend
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Pros

* training opoprtunities * diversity of jobs

Cons

* Say more than they really do

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3M Response
2y
Hello,  Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are happy to hear you have found plenty of training opportunities. Have a nice day!
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