I'd rather collect cans on the side of the road. - Store Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
Oct 1, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- Competitive salary. - Good benefits. - Decent training period.

Cons

- LONG hours. - No work/life balance. - Upper-management worked in the store in the 1980's when paint was flying out the doors. Sales goals are ridiculous. - I've met rocks smarter than my district manager. - Painters in general. - The constant price increases. - It's all politics; people are selected for jobs even before there posted for internal employees.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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