Good traditional company with a big bureaucracy. - Anonymous employee 3M Employee Review

3.0
Aug 30, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive salary with good benefits

Cons

Culture of micromanagement with a highly political atmosphere. It's sometimes difficult to make improvement efforts due to hoops you have to jump through to get things done. There's an atmosphere that you can't necessarily voice concerns about improvements needed in the organization because it may make someone in management look bad.

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Cons

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