3M Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Truly lived up to its reputation as a Fortune 100 company in the classical business sense."

"Interesting organization."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"Great atmosphere with great people."

What don't you like about working at 3M?

"Launch of a unique product without much internal support."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Refocus of internal support and structure."

"3M is a great company to work for. The individuals within the company are outstanding."

"I thought I would retire from 3M, like many people who I worked with."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"The other people at 3M in Petaluma."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't."

What don't you like about working at 3M?

"3M, on several occasions, led everyone to believe that the Petaluma plant would stay open."

"Great employer."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"Big company, I thought it meant job security."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sure you know what you want from the company."

What don't you like about working at 3M?

"Lack of communication from upper management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more open and honest with the employees."

"Worked in clean-room environment making computer disk."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"The pay was way above average for the area."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Better love working indoors and production piece work."

What don't you like about working at 3M?

"I did not like being in the clean-room environment, no windows, very dangerous chemicals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"This division sold and is now Imations."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"Original management team fostered professional and personal growth."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The proof is in the pudding. Let the actual sales prove the results."

What don't you like about working at 3M?

"Current management indifferent to end users and sales staff."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow for flexibility relative to obtaining measured results. If it isn't broke, don't fix it."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"Job security."

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 HIS is an amazing company to work for that really cares about their employees."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"Great environment."

"A great company to work for."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"I enjoyed it. It was a very stimulating environment to work in. Very professionally nurturing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be on top of your game. Be ready for any question."

What don't you like about working at 3M?

"There were no negatives."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no complaints, I would work for them again."

"It's a good, solid workplace, but you've got to watch your back."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"There were a lot of career opportunities in different areas and a lot of resources not present in smaller companies."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You have two choices for success: Quickly learn who the right people are and become their friends, or keep your head down, do your work well, and hope for the best. The atmosphere might be a lot different at the plant level than I saw at corporate HQ, so keep that in mind."

What don't you like about working at 3M?

"Nepotism and office politics. Favoritism. It's a large enough company that it has its own family and all the social issues that come with that."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire a larger percentage of upper management from outside the company. Institute better / more thorough job training. Support certification and licensing in industry-recognized institutions like ISM. Getting such licensing or certification will tie into job training. Support outside education (and actually support it - I was told for years that there might be funding available for education, but it never was)."

"Very dirty job, the machines were interesting, the engineers never let us know anything."