Careers

3M's success is delivered day in and day out by its people. For more than a hundred years the ideas and determination of talented individuals have ensured continuous growth so that today we are a $21 billion global business with more than 69,000 employees.

Why not join us? We are an open and exciting company where every person has the chance to use their energy, creativity and skills to make a real contribution. Working at the leading edge of innovation means people are stretched constantly and are focused on delivery of individual and team targets. The reward for you is a challenging, stimilating career with a range of opportunities across seven diverse businesses - and ongoing structured development means you will grow, develop and discover new horizons. Our success will become your success.

Visit our Careers website for details of our graduate and industrial placement opportunities and general vacancies.

Leadership Development

People who join 3M and demonstrate leadership capability have access to a structured curriculum of leadership development programmes. One example being our global, intensive three-week Accelerated Leadership Development programme. We also have specific functional programmes, such as the Marketing Leadership Development programme. In the UK and Ireland we run a Leadership Development Programme specifically for high potential managers in conjunction with DFS Consulting.

Performance Management

We believe people should understand how their contribution adds value to the business. Therefore every individual has clear objectives, linked to team and business objectives. These are reviewed at least every year. In addition, the Employee Contribution and Development Process (EC&DP) is a process for measuring and shaping individual contribution and development. We also gather feedback through surveys from employees to ensure the EC&DP is working and that people have written personal objectives in place.

Two-way Communication

We actively promote two-way communication between employees and the company in a number of ways, including through employee forums. One issue that has been raised through this process is work/life balance and we are addressing this with positive action, for example through counselling and training in stress management.