Pretty good - Anonymous employee 3M Employee Review

4.0
16 June 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits, flexibility and job opportunities made 3M a great place to work. I enjoyed the majority of my time there.

Cons

Not much. Sometimes felt that management was top heavy. Everyone seemed to be in a manager position and I would be reporting to several different people on different projects.

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Pros

Work for what you get. Rewarding work and great management structure

Cons

Management can be vague sometimes

3.0
10 June 2026
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Pros

Company investing in new products and higher growth markets

Cons

Over the past five years, there has been a significant decline in employee loyalty and incentive programs. Equity compensation, such as stock options and RSUs, was previously accessible to mid-level managers but is now strictly reserved for directors and above, reducing long-term incentives for a large portion of the workforce. Additionally, an increase in micromanagement and administrative red tape—particularly regarding strict scrutiny on all spending—has hindered productivity. The frequent practice of cutting budgets to meet short-term quarterly Operating Income (OI) targets is ultimately compromising our long-term revenue growth.

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