Pay is HORRIBLE - Management Trainee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
Jul 15, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good quality paint. I didn’t have to fake anything when selling the paint at the store

Cons

Run if you can. Pay is horrible. 47,000 a year for someone with a degree. Not worth it. They wanted to keep up with the market so they gave me 35 more cents ….LOL On top of everything they make you work 44 hrs. Norm is 40 hrs and management trainee positions starts off at 55,000 a year. Not to mention it feels like working for a dictator. Upper management is in charge of having the last say of whether you can or not take days off. This company likes to cut corners with their employees to save money.

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

easy job with little work load and decent customer base

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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