Fascinating Manufacturing Company with Std Big Corp Issues - Project Engineer 3M Employee Review

4.0
5 Jun 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Cool manufacturing and development technologies available for cutting edge product and manufacturing method development with a vast range of product portfolios. There is something to interest everyone at 3M. Great culture that supports discovery and cross-functional collaboration. Flexible work opportunities available, pretty good 'soft' benefits like parental leave, lots of sick time, options to work remotely, etc.

Cons

Has the downfalls of almost every large, fortune 500 tech company - lots of standards and regulations, hoops to jump through and slow to change. As all technical fields, still a very old and male-dominated workforce though as a general rule, people are very welcoming (maybe Minnesota Nice comes into play here).

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5.0
11 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

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

Cons

Management can be vague sometimes

3.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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