Research & Development Technician - Research and Development Technician 3M Employee Review

1.0
9 Feb 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work for until management cuts "structural overhead" to satisfy Wall Street. Great salary and benefits for full time employees.

Cons

Structural overhead is not managers like they release to the press but workers who are close to retirement or who's job can be replaced by a cheaper contract worker. No long term goals outside of growing the business at 10% a year. Everything is a short term goal to appease Wall Street. If sales are down slightly compared to "growth targets" projects are cut and people are laid off even if the project has excellent long term growth opportunities.

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5.0
15 May 2026
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Pros

Good pay and coworkers were friendly

Cons

Rotating shifts were not for me

1.0
17 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, benefits, and time off

Cons

The IT org is constantly going through layoffs. The work is going to managed service providers in India. The whole process is clown shoes. They are letting people go that have been here for 20+ years that have so much knowledge and expect to transfer it over to workers who are extremely siloed, who might not even be around in 6 months(the retention rate for this particular MSP is abysmal). These workers are not even dedicated to 3M, they have many other projects. I’m concerned for 3M’s IT future. Walking over dollars to pick up pennies

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