What do you like about working at 3M?
"People, the image of the company, the work done, the great portfolio of products they have."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Beware of Management who seems very friendly at the beginning and let you down soon after - I had a manager who did not call me once in 3 months (I was calling him once a week), and another one who wanted everything done according to his vision (no liberty to do your work as you feel fit)."
What don't you like about working at 3M?
"Very low management capabilities, company builds on the image they have, marketing is not conducive to any good results, they have the golden egg in various products and don't know how to market it / sale it, management unproductive/not positive mentality."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Change mentality and approach to people and processes, change some managers, return to the employee is our greatest asset principles."
"3M is great to work."
"Generally speaking, I enjoyed working at 3M."
"Greatly enjoyed working for 3M."
What do you like about working at 3M?
"My fellow employees."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Do your best! Be your best!"
What don't you like about working at 3M?
"MN winters."
"Great company with good management, but advancement is rare."
What do you like about working at 3M?
"Very progressive, stimulating environment for an inventor. Great opportunities if you invent something that becomes a hit product."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Academia is highly revered. Push your education as best as you can."
What don't you like about working at 3M?
"Advancement was either by getting academic degrees, or inventing something that becomes a hit product. But, it is a very exciting place to work. You can learn about other technologies, much like a college campus."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Great management handling of associates. Try to encourage risk taking with some benefits that will translate into freedom to try out new ideas. There is a perceived uncaring by management (i.e., why should I try to invent something to benefit 3M, but nothing in it for me?)."
What do you like about working at 3M?
"Compensation."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be from near 55144."
What don't you like about working at 3M?
"Environment."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Continue to evolve management styles and experience beyond 55144."
"Great place to work."
What do you like about working at 3M?
"Good environment, great people to work with, excellent management."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be honest."
What don't you like about working at 3M?
"Commute time."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"None, they do an excellent job."
"3M is an incredible technically interesting place to work."
What do you like about working at 3M?
"Many fun things to work on and people that were there (I left in 2002)."
What don't you like about working at 3M?
"I was laid off as 3M exited the Scotchgard business, giving up $300MM in sales."
"Don't trust what they tell you."
What do you like about working at 3M?
"Facility."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Take the job if you can get it."
What don't you like about working at 3M?
"Right Wing politics."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Need to be creative and not complacent."
"Working at 3M as an IT Analyst was amazing, great smart people who are willing to work together."
What do you like about working at 3M?
"Nationwide contacts (no territory so to speak)."
What don't you like about working at 3M?
"Business model is still based in the 1950's."
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