Superb technical company where collaboration is encouraged; beware the "cling-ons" - Anonymous employee 3M Employee Review

4.0
Feb 14, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Overall, the best place I've encountered for information sharing and collaboration amongst the technical staff. From the first day I started, scientists and engineers at the corporate and division levels were willing to spend time with me to help me solve technical problems.

Cons

The size of the company lends itself to the typical bureaucracies of a large corporation, including the usual contingent of managerial "cling-ons" who would rather take shortcuts to get to the top.

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Cons

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