Pros

well known brand name
great stepping stone to move on
good benefit

Cons

Management in malaysia do not see individual work performance, but keeping pets in workplace.
This workplace consists of too many office politics and no team work; yet bosses welcome it.
Too many old timers who unwilling to accept new ideas and reluctant to change.
Most of the employees who resigned from 3M were those with only 2-3yrs service there, who also did not feel any appreciation and value from management.

Advice to Senior Management

To make the company to be competent and sustainable in current market, please fire all old timers who work >30yrs and dont bring anymore fresh ideas and contributions. 3M Malaysia will be out from the market with a group of lazy and gossipmonkers who relunctant to change for growth.
None of the MD was left 3M Malaysia with flying color results when their contracts were ended after 3yrs. Reason: local management is too weak and it is time for "fresh blood".

No growth without change, no change without lost, no lost without pain and fear.
But this is how business market work!

Pros

Interesting and challenging work. Knowledge that work is directly impacting company's top line and profitability. Honest and ethical company. Brand name recognition.

Cons

Slow moving dinosaur. Promotions are often slow. Company is very risk averse and sometimes doesn't benchmark well against competition.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep investing in people development and offer stretch assignments

Pros

Innovation emphasis, meritocracy, broad spectrum of products and markets, mobility within the company, very ethical, opportunity to learn from colleagues

Cons

loss of focus on personal worth and contribution, more focused on stock price than on long term strategy, removal of traditional benefits

Advice to Senior Management

While its very important to be globally competitive its also important to have a company that people want to be a part of

Pros

Great interaction with co workers, some very good bosses, good networking, good salary and benfits packages, flexible schedule, easy to move up if able to move

Cons

Really bad performance evaluation system, trying too many purchases, need to get back to the old innovation mentality, too foxused on only six sigma

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your middle management better, remember your roots of innovation, let your managers make the decisions they were hired for

Pros

Co-workers... And the history of 3M is amazing to learn and be a part of.

Cons

CEO and Top Management is making very foolish decisions since George Buckley joined 3M.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of Buckley and get back to valuing employees as people.

Pros

Cool technology across a wide range of markets, fromconsumer electronics to floor care, healthcare and dental to passport security. Opportunities to move around the company, lots of variety and opportunities.

Cons

Senior management is weak, and very parochial. Key attribute to be able to move ahead is loyalty to the right guy. No rewards for risk-takers.

Advice to Senior Management

Create metrics for EVPs that will de-silo the company and drive real results. Reward risk takers and re-invigorate the selection process for senior managers to limit crony-ism.

Pros

I think overall there is a sense of family within the work group. People are helpful, and I have not found it to be a cut throat place to work. People support jobs well done and encourage areas of growth.

Cons

Sometimes management is a little slow to make decisions, and I agree with the previous review that decisions are sometimes reactive as opposed to proactive. I also think that they need to pay closer attention to the opinions of those closer to the process as they are the experts.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to those closer to the process, such as production operators, engineers, etc. Communication could be improved sometimes. I do think that 3M is a strong company that makes courageous decisions.

Pros

Great work life balance and opportunities to assume responsibility. Excellent engineering salaried and hourly employees with dedication to the company and work ethic.

Cons

Management can be indicisive and can wait until the last minute to make decisions. In some divisions people were reactive instead of proactive and were focused on saving face.

Advice to Senior Management

Discuss the difficulties in your decision making process with your subordinates to mitigate feelings of disenfranchisement. Even though you may come to the same outcome, the organization will become more cohesive.

Pros

Very famous company .... good to have it on your resume.

Cons

Terrible IT systems.
Matrix structure is complex and hard to navigate. sometimes there is no common ground between a business division and the management of the geographic region. tough for a finance person to work in because we need agreement on numbers.

Advice to Senior Management

please improve your IT systems.
streamline the matrix structure

Pros

This used to be a great company to work for. I was proud to be a 3M employee. I was treated with respect.

Cons

Management has become disrespectful of employees. Wasn't there a song once that said "feel like a number"? We are no longer people to the management of 3M Ames.

Advice to Senior Management

Please, Lets keep the integrity of the 3M company. We are people, not numbers.. We want to work as a team again and not only worry about covering our own butts because be might be walked out for low productivity. Let us work together as a team again. We are no longer team players and you made us that way.