Pros
Schellman was one of the best companies to work at up until a few years ago, and some remnants of that time remain.
Cons
However, things are rapidly going downhill. I'm sure this negative review will be removed like all the other negative ones about Schellman. I've spoken to others who have left negative Schellman reviews on Glassdoor that were removed. Their rating here is false. Schellman is trying hard to hide the many negatives coming out about them from current and former employees. But it's still important to let people know the issues they'll encounter if they want to work here. If Glassdoor has any integrity, they will leave this up. The CEO, who has been an awesome leader, now has one foot out the door. The others taking over are making things great for themselves at the expense of employees. Many employees took their jobs seeing the profit-sharing bonus as the part of their salary that made Schellman competitive, but it has taken a nosedive. Meanwhile principles' have given themselves generous bonuses. There is very little opportunity for promotion at the company, except for those who like to play constant politics. Promotion is not based on merit, it’s just given to those who are most liked by the principles. Even then, it's years too long to get anywhere. A reshuffle of leadership over the practices a couple years ago has introduced unnecessary micro-management, and other poor management practices. And there is little check on managers doing their job, because at Schellman, the poo rolls downhill very quickly. I’ve heard from others their experiences of being mistreated by principles and senior managers, with no recourse available to them. Schellman has even removed the regular upward feedback that used to be part of ongoing employee performance assessments, so now they do whatever they want. As I mentioned, Schellman is trying to hide all of these negatives, and they have taken unethical and deceptive actions to try and convince everyone that they have the happiest employees. These are examples and do not cover all the negative changes at Schellman. I could move on, and I probably will soon, but for now “the devil you know” is still preferable to stories I’ve heard about other potential companies. But if you are in the job market, you should at least know what you are getting into if you are considering this company. I feel like I received a bait and switch. I was promised a ton of opportunity and a fantastic culture, and all of that just fizzled away with the CEO’s plan to leave, and I’m left with an average company with poor leadership. I’m sure their plan is to drive out the people who remember when the company was better, so that remaining employees only have the lower quality experience.
