Too much deadweight - Anonymous employee 3M Employee Review

3.0
Jan 7, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Depends on which team you are in. Flexible working hours with proper balance if you can manage it well. They are indeed trying to transform and improve the workplace but results are slow and low.

Cons

- Below average benefits compared to other same size US companies. Better don't fall sick when working here. Non existent dependent insurance - everything needs to be paid to have a small amount of coverage. - Annual increment % one of the lowest I have ever seen for SG mnc. HR not fully honest when recruiting. Bonus % by rank is also low. - Too many old people who have worked for 15-30 years at the company at really high rank but with super old mindset. - Managers that does not know anything but have a very high rank due to tenure at the company. - Too many people who does not do what they are supposed to do, and somehow let off the hook whenever mistakes happen. Escalations are not taken seriously. - No team building/meal budget or any remote working compensation. - Office location super inconvenient if you need to go in to office. - No transparency in reward/job promotion. Not like other companies, you will not know what job grade/rank others are at because job title seems to be completely misleading and random for some jobs. This is probably to cover up the fact that a lot of long tenured folks are already at very high rank and not doing what they are supposed to do at that level. This is something that really needs to be looked into by HR I believe. You cannot improve your employees if there is no transparency as to how to move to the next level or progress. Good people will always leave while people who are looking to retire will stay and be stagnant. - Their motto is hire to retire - which explains my point above. I have never seen so many lazy people in one company, and they are all here. - Everything takes really slow to implement. Deadlines are never taken seriously and constantly postponed.

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Hello, Thank you for your review! We appreciate your feedback and are grateful you decided to share your experience with us. We see your concerns regarding benefits, management, and coworkers, and encourage you to speak with your direct supervisor/HR to discuss these issues further if you have not yet done so. Have a nice day!

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Pros

Compensation is genuinely competitive — one of the stronger-paying manufacturing roles you'll find in the area. Benefits package is comprehensive and well above average. The retirement account and stock options are a real standout, especially for a machine operator role; 3M clearly invests in its employees long-term. Day-to-day, the people on the floor make the job. Coworkers were hardworking and easy to get along with, which goes a long way in a production environment. Upper management is what you'd expect from a large corporation — a bit removed from the floor — but that's pretty standard for a company of that size, Not a deal breaker.

Cons

The shift schedule is rough. Rotating between 12-hour days and nights on a swing schedule sounds manageable on paper, but constantly flipping your sleep schedule takes a real toll over time. Work-life balance is difficult to maintain when your "days off" are often spent just recovering and readjusting, and you can easily miss out on normal life things — social plans, family time, errands — simply because your schedule doesn't line up with the rest of the world that week. Upper management can also be a friction point. When people who haven't touched the machines in years (or ever) come to the floor with strong opinions about how things should run, it creates frustration. The folks actually operating the equipment day in and day out develop real expertise, and that doesn't always feel acknowledged from above.

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