Management Trainee - Management Trainee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
Aug 28, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- Will learn about different management/ leadership styles. - Has good benefits/ retirement options - Trainee is compensated for mileage / travel costs for working out of your area. - Building professional relationships with the customers.

Cons

Sherwin-Williame needs to be more transparent about the training process. - Trainees have to travel to various store locations until there is a spot open to get promoted to assistant manager. - Locations where trainees are asked to work , can vary greatly. You're commute can be 5 miles away or 57 miles away. - There is a disparity in this process of placing trainees in stores. Some can be placed at a store within three months others may have to wait up to a year. - It's not necessarily a con, but it can be for some people. Again, just being transparent with trainees. Trainees are asked to work 44 hours, typically work the evening, responsible for closing the store, and work every Saturday.

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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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