Great place to build a career — innovative, supportive, and stable - BDS 3M Employee Review

4.0
6 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Truly innovative environment with access to top-notch labs, tools, and experts. Strong culture of safety and ethics — not just lip service. Solid work-life balance: flexible scheduling and respect for personal time. Competitive benefits: health coverage, wellness programs, learning stipends, employee events. Real growth opportunities: internal mobility, mentoring, and global cross-functional projects. Clear processes and business stability — you know what success looks like. Proud of the products and the company’s commitment to quality and sustainability.

Cons

Big-company bureaucracy can slow things down. Matrix structure means more stakeholders and meetings than ideal. Promotions can be timing-dependent; progression isn’t always immediate. Some internal tools feel dated.

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5.0
15 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay and coworkers were friendly

Cons

Rotating shifts were not for me

2.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay and decent benefits.

Cons

Current management is completely disconnected from the needs and concerns of individual contributors. Which appears to be on purpose, as the company is in an active strategy of both strategic layoffs and of driving attrition in general, so everyone's stress levels are super high. The head of HR just quit so I can only assume worse labor actions are on their way. Also, be ready to not have a desk but still be required to come in 4 days a week.

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