Corporate Headquarters - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
Jun 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They are a stable company that still has a pension plan for employees.

Cons

They do not get rid of bad employees, especially incompetent and abusive managers. They don't really care about employees and managers are allowed to do whatever they want to employees with impunity. It's probably OK to work there if you have a good manager, but it you don't, it can be hell going into work every day. They are stingy giving vacation time. You can't use sick time if you r chile is sick or if your spouse is in the hospital. Benefits are on the low end of average.

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A positive work environment. The best co-workers I have had so far in my career worked with me at Sherwin. I also worked under an amazing management team. There is a lot of room for career growth. I worked for Sherwin for about 3.5 years. I started as a contracted lab technician, then I was hired full time as an R&D Associate Chemist. I quickly worked my way up to R&D Chemist within a year of being hired full time. The department I worked in was very fast paced, however, I know there are many other groups that move at a much slower pace with longer timelines. This would make it much easier to manage the workload.

Cons

Working with marketing was challenging at times. We would regularly receive big requests a day before they needed something. This would pose a challenge when you had other priorities to attend to. The pay was average. I do think it could have been slightly higher for all of the job responsibilities given to the chemists in my group specifically. The workload was overwhelming at times.

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