Don't Be Fooled During Recruitment - Assistant Store Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
Feb 5, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The bonuses and benefits are nice. I also loved the contractors I got to interact with, they kept me going!

Cons

Don't let recruitment fool you, if you value yourself or your time, don't do it. First off, you won't have a life. By that I mean you will work ALL OF THE TIME and when you want to take PTO you either get denied or your coworkers talk crap about you for wanting time off. As an Assistant Manager you are really just a glorified sales associate with better pay. You will be mixing paint, on the phone, taking orders, and being a cashier your whole day. You don't actually have any authority. And if you try to act like some type of manager, your staff will talk down to you because you are younger than them or you are newer. If you can get past all of that, go for it. My last straw was the fact that I was being corporate bullied by an employee. I spoke with various managers and then eventually went to the district manager who did absolutely nothing. This employee made it MISERABLE to come to work and neither the district manager or HR themselves did anything at all. Lastly if you aren't in the district manager's inner circle you can kiss any promotion goodbye. Ended my run with huge corporations that only care about putting money in their pocket. Work with a company now that actually cares. Save yourselves from despair and just decline the offer.

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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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