Work values are going down the drain. - Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
Nov 17, 2013
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Pros

Starting out it was a great experience. Co-workers were a pleasure to be around, never minded coming to work every day, management looked out for you.

Cons

Store staffing has been drastically reduced to 3 people per store AND increasing store hours, forcing employees to work alone. This has become a security issue for current employees, not to mention little to no life/work balance since all stores are now open from 7-7 (with rumors of soon to become 7-8). Furthermore, current employees are denied a promotion despite having years of experience with the company. They would rather someone fresh from college with no experience in retail whatsoever.

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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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