Great learning experience! - Co-Op 3M Employee Review

5.0
Oct 22, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

As a student doing a Co-Op they assigned me various projects and gave me the freedom to tackle those projects in the way I saw fit. This allowed me demonstrate my innovative spirit; accomplishing my goals while meeting or exceeding expectations.

Cons

3M gives me as many projects as I can handle, providing the experience that I need and crave. However I have friends who are in my major that made up to $4 per hour more plus housing paid during their first Co-Op, but then again they did not feel their potential was fully utilized by their employer and that their educational experience was not what they hoped for.

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Cons

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