Pleasantly surprised. Good job working with good people. - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
Oct 6, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good people to work with. Safety is stressed, as is housekeeping. A clean, safe manufacturing facility. Good benefits. Lots of overseas business, so job stability and growth should be good in the long term.

Cons

Pay is mediocre to start. The scuttlebutt is one has to 'pay one's dues' for a few years before pay is raised to a level above average. Training for new operators is spotty and sometimes unclear. I spend a fair bit of time clarifying key points of my job so I don't screw something up.

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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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