3M Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at 3M?

"Great company policies that allows you to bring out the best in people."

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

"Always be ready with your answers and keep eye contact with the interviewer."

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

"It was one of my best employers. I have no regrets working for this company. It gave me an education that I could not possibly repay."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to give people the opportunity to develop themselves."

"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."

"3M Corporation is a first rate company to work for if you can be so lucky."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"The people I worked with were very outgoing and sociable. They also took work very seriously and did not let each other down when things got difficult."

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

"Don't hesitate to accept work for 3M Corporation if given the opportunity. I believe it is still a great company with ever expanding goals."

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

"They shut our plant down due to the economy, so that comes to mind first on the bad side of things with 3M Corporation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Consider the employees that are affected and the need for their skills before rushing to make decisions on closures. The skill set at some plants such as our own in Petaluma, California was so high we could have accomplished other areas for the company with our size and engineering and support knowledge."

"Great work/life balance."

"Great company."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"Everything."

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

"None, but good luck."

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

"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)."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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."

What do you like about working at 3M?

"Job security."

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."

"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."