Full Time Sales Associate - Full Time Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
Apr 21, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The coworkers are exceptional. Everything else that I'm writing into this section is merely to fit the minimum word count.

Cons

Upper level management, such as district/area managers, hamstring the stores to a point where there's no way to be successful in their eyes. They refuse to allow stores to adequately staff themselves to deal with the increase in how busy the stores get. Working in one of the fastest growing towns in the country, this lack of basic understanding of store needs has pushed their employees to a breaking point. Almost none of the daily managerial tasks are able to be performed because of customers needing to be attended to by all workers in the store. It's as if the company, at a corporate level, is wanting everyone to neglect their own personal lives and commit everything to the company. Having worked at Sherwin-Williams for almost 8 years, it's sad to see the decline of this company. Seeing how they clearly have no appreciation for their employees or their well-being. "Do more with less" is now the official mantra for this company, and anyone with any logical reasoning can understand that that isn't a sustainable model. To put it plainly, Sherwin-Williams is miserable to work for. You're only a number to them, and that's all they care about.

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Pros

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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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