Diverse company, Average pay - Process Engineer 3M Employee Review

4.0
28 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Many different industries to work in, and it's not hard to move to different locations and/or a different division within the company. Good people to work with. Manufacturing and Lab/Corporate usually have a good working relationship. Work-life balance is good most of the time. They also do a decent job of investing for the future and increasing capacity.

Cons

Absolute, calculated average on pay and benefits. They say they want the best employees to drive innovation but are not willing to pay for them. As with a lot of big companies, there is a level of hypocrisy as it is said employees are the most important resource in the company but everything is, of course, metric-driven and decisions are made to best benefit the stockholders.

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5.0
11 Dec 2025
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CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work for what you get. Rewarding work and great management structure

Cons

Management can be vague sometimes

3.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company investing in new products and higher growth markets

Cons

Over the past five years, there has been a significant decline in employee loyalty and incentive programs. Equity compensation, such as stock options and RSUs, was previously accessible to mid-level managers but is now strictly reserved for directors and above, reducing long-term incentives for a large portion of the workforce. Additionally, an increase in micromanagement and administrative red tape—particularly regarding strict scrutiny on all spending—has hindered productivity. The frequent practice of cutting budgets to meet short-term quarterly Operating Income (OI) targets is ultimately compromising our long-term revenue growth.

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