3M is one of the Built to Last companies that are acknowledged by industry CEOs to be Visionary Companies. Throughout it's century of development, it has constantly stayed strong and out performs struggling times. One reason for this is their constant search for good talent. To be considered a good talent, you must be very strong at the fields you are in. I would say it is quite competitive.

3M is persuading diversity way too over. Once a person is qualified to be considered as a "minority," he would be put into a higher position which he may not even be qualified for. It makes those of us, who are the "majority," mad because it normally takes us years of hard work to get promoted. However, those minority could be promoted within a pretty short period of time.