3M – “Attention Passengers: We have lost our rudder.”

Pros

Good benefits (not compensation). Easy commute. Friendly co-workers. Innovative uses of data and analysis tools.

Cons

Very few opportunities to advance. Long term strategy is not defined. Leadership does not think that rank and file can understand the issues at hand. No opportunities to move International. No motivation to drive change. Past history of starting new initiatives and then when the going gets tough, management pulls the plug. Most of the high-performing people who are here stay only because of their pension. Newer employees who figure it out often leave when they see the length of service required to have any span of control. Tools and sytems are antiquated.

Advice to Senior Management

Define a plan and stick to it, stop making up the rules as you go along.