Management Trainee-Management - Assistant Sales Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
Jun 15, 2016
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Pros

I entered the Management Trainee Program right out of college. You start as a trainee and can move to an assistant manager then manager semi-quickly. I was an assistant manager when I left. The salary and benefits were good. There was an opportunity for growth (but it was much narrower than they'd have you believe).

Cons

The potential for growth was very limited. It was really just working in a paint store. It was just a retail job that any high school kid could do. The biggest cons were the people I was exposed to. I am a woman and I experienced immense sexism on a daily basis from not just customers but my own co-workers and manager. I felt unsafe and very disrespected daily. They also left one person alone for hours at a time and all day long on Sundays. I felt unsafe many times. Also, our store had no security system, alarm, or cameras. Even after some theft and a break-in, the higher management refused to install any safety precautions.

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Cons

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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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