Great company, but upper management needs to get realistic - Assistant Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
Jul 2, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits Good opportunity to advance Amazing network of people and resources You get to learn skills you can carry with you

Cons

Stores, especially small stores, are run on these skeleton staffs that make it nearly impossible to do all the operations work you need to and follow the corporate agenda with stupid things like lead generation. the CEO made almost 11 million last year, yet my store can't get approved for 1 full time position that would allow myself and the store manager some ability to complete tasks and not always have one of us being alone to open and close the store. This staffing model they use is outdated and going to fail especially as our competition is using better practices and knows how to undercut us in many ways.

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Pros

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Cons

they cut my 401k for 6 months with no mention of when it was coming back, terrible CEO that everyone hated who cut jobs to save money for a new headquarter that we absolutely did NOT need, bought a random argentinian paint company to monopolize an already dying business and put the cost back onto the consumer by charging way more for paint. They also give discounts to national brands and apartment complexes that are literally less than what the store charges for paint and forces us to sell to them, losing money in the process ( for the individual stores but making them money since they own the whole manufacturing and distribution process and up-charge stores for products they require us to sell ). Overall climbing up the ladder is easy but upper management suck and will make any good hearted, hardworking manager quit in the long run.

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