Good flexible benefits; difficult to move up. - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
12 Nov 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Medical, dental and vision offered. Clean and safe environment. Pretty decent pay for work performed. Diverse workforce. Tuition benefits. 401(k) match.

Cons

Unless you have high enough GPA to make it into a management training program, be prepared for an arduous road to promotion. Few open positions for advancement, and individuals are often selected for promotion for reasons other than qualifications. In other words, it seems to be more of "who you know" rather than what you know.

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Cons

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Pros

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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