The new Sherwin-Williams headquarters fits in with its neighbors in the Downtown Cleveland skyline. And that new HQ is full — so much so that IT staff were reportedly allowed to work remotely so employees at another downtown building could move in (The Sherwin-Williams Company). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
SHW backs off RTO for its IT staff
When Sherwin-Williams’ (SHW) headquarters was still under construction in 2024, the company’s executives said they would wait and see how employees filled out the new tower just west of Downtown Cleveland’s Public Square before making any new facility-related decisions. As the tower fills, they’re starting to get some answers.
According to a well-placed source who spoke with NEOtrans on the condition of anonymity, the new headquarters tower is so full that the company is partially pulling back on its Return-To-Office 100 percent edict, effective Jan. 1. That pull-back affected its Information Technology (IT) staff.
That’s a sizable number of full-time employees — more than 300, according to the source. The company’s goal was to get as many of its employees as possible out of all four of its Downtown Cleveland buildings and into the new, 1.1-million-square-foot HQ by the end of March. But that’s not going to happen despite recent staff reductions…