Vantaggi
Job security, great pay with yearly increases adjusted for inflation, internal opportunities to transfer to other departments/facilities
Svantaggi
Not union, unprofessional management, communication issues between departments and different levels of management, corrupt, favoritism (will bend the rules for their friends but will jump on an opportunity to fire someone they don't like), profit over people mindset, too much overtime to the point of injuries and sickness, will hire anyone to fill in employment gaps and so desperate for employees that they won't fire bad employees, will use "at-will" employment laws to threaten employees into silence if they participate in HR/idea card/improvement programs, will change company policies without notice if it leads to more profitable sales and production (forcing employees to change shifts, departments, schedules even if it doesn't work with their family/children responsibilities, increased overtime, working holidays even though policy stated we had them off, interpretation of weather policy to suit business needs) The Red Wing site is absolutely terrible with continuously changing upper management. If you are considering 3M as a career choice, then look into other site locations and unions.