Excellent benefits, services, training, not very tech focused. - Senior Software Engineer 3M Employee Review

4.0
6 July 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are top notch I doubt many companies will provide better. The job training is the best I've ever been offered. The company is very serious about retaining top talent. The work environment is very friendly and low stress.

Cons

Management does not understand technology. Patents are more important than open source and they want to convert everything to Microsoft. Switching from SVN to TFS was an upper management decision when it should be an engineer's decision. Virtual machine provision is locked behind archaic red tape.

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5.0
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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
Recommend
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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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