Very political workplace environment. - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
15 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and good benefits. The company likes to promote from within.

Cons

As someone previously mentioned, psychological & emotional bullying/mobbing are alive and well within this company. I have seen employees targeted for removal by management (after voicing concerns, or making a mistake on the job). These employees are treated/labeled as 'problem employees', and conditions are made so difficult for the employees over time (through subtle, difficult-to-prove forms of mistreatment) that they either quit, or are terminated after the performance evaluation system has been used against them. If the employee leaves, the aggressors act surprised. As a co-worker, witnessing this counterproductive behavior permeates a culture of fear and silence (if you say something, you could be the next target).

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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.

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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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