Decent place to work - Engineer 3M Employee Review

3.0
Mar 27, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Solid technology company and talented personnel.

Cons

Volatile environment and frequent layoffs. 3M changed from being a place where people worked forever to a place where people frequenly leave. It is probably no different from most corporations today, but it is certainly a huge culture shift for this corporation. Also, there are lots of systems for everything which impede the progress of projects unnecessarily.

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5.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

Good pay and coworkers were friendly

Cons

Rotating shifts were not for me

2.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and decent benefits.

Cons

Current management is completely disconnected from the needs and concerns of individual contributors. Which appears to be on purpose, as the company is in an active strategy of both strategic layoffs and of driving attrition in general, so everyone's stress levels are super high. The head of HR just quit so I can only assume worse labor actions are on their way. Also, be ready to not have a desk but still be required to come in 4 days a week.

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