Old Fashioned But Stable Company - Financial Analyst Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
24 Jun 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stock price is skyrocketing and the company is growing fast. Somewhat competitive pay/6% 401k match/benefits/tuition reimbursement. Lots of opportunities to get different jobs around the company to see what area you like - you only have to stay in position for 1 year if you meet expectations. Plenty of relocation opportunities, especially in Global Supply Chain. Technology is being upgraded.

Cons

There is a major "bad boss" problem in finance/accounting in this company. Very little management training given to supervisors with little to no oversight on their performance as experienced by their employees - as another review said, "you don't leave your job, you leave your boss." Favoritism is everywhere. If the higher ups don't have a good perception of you, you aren't going to progress. It's possible to manage, but felt very inauthentic to me. Lots of brown-nosing. If you try to do anything differently, no matter how innovative or value-add it is, it will get shot down. If you find a great project that will improve shareholder value in the long run but takes a monetary investment up front, don't even bother trying. The field auditor program for early career finance/accounting majors encourages an "us vs them" culture with the sales field that does not go away. I found sales people act very suspicious of finance no matter how much you try to act as a business partner. Major imbalance of work between finance jobs in the field and at HQ. HQ jobs typically have a lot of time for online shopping and IM'ing outside of close, but my friends in field jobs are putting in 60+ hours of work per week. You have to pay for your own parking or rapid/bus fare if you work at HQ downtown. Hopefully this changes with much needed new building.

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5.0
29 Jun 2026
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Pros

Wonderful employees at each store, particularily helpful at navigating the vast expanse of products. Overall, great work environment with special people.

Cons

Customer base could be annoying at times, refusing advice or assistance and then complaining about prices. Contractors can be difficult to deal with especially on weekends, acting like they deserve the best prices and won't listen to manager suggestions.

5.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

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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