Disheartening - Anonymous employee 3M Employee Review

1.0
19 Aug 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Diversification of the company and the industries it serves. The company has a tremendous technical platform and technical staff.

Cons

3M states that it supports career development. I think they would like to think that but they do not have the proper tools in place nor the execution of that phiilosphy. I believe a deeper commitment from HR to properly resource such a concept is necessary to truly walk the talk.

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Cons

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