Rust-Oleum reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(256 total reviews)
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Jeff Ackerberg

92% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Rust-Oleum has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 256 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rust-Oleum employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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256 reviews
2.0
Nov 29, 2018

Stressed

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent benefits, some good people, nice culture, many volunteer/giving opportunities to help others

Cons

Grossly understaffed with unrealistic expectations, people are STRESSED and overwhelmed, not only during busy times but all the time, morale is not great and getting worse, poor work/life balance, associates are working all the time and still can't keep up.

2.0
Jun 3, 2019

It’s not how smart you are or how much you contribute...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Paycheck, coffee shop, close to restaurants

Cons

Old school, “my way or the highway” mentality. No opportunity for advancement in marketing unless you’re friends with the “right” people, do as you’re told, don’t question anything, and socialize/golf. Occasionally someone is thrown a bone if mgmt has no other options. Really talented people have quit because no matter what they do, the favorites got promoted time and time again over people with more talent and experience. It’s uncomfortable to watch and morale is in the toilet. People have left in record numbers in the last 12 months and almost all from the marketing department. More are on the way out. Hmmmm.... Maybe all the departures are indicative of something??

1.0
Apr 21, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, lots of vacation time, the company as whole means well! Lots of volunteer opportunities for the communities.

Cons

Well, people who are in management positions shouldn't be, they are not knowledgeable and expect too much from employees. The only way to get ahead in this company is to either know someone or completely suck at your job. It's a shame that the higher ups are blind to this. Hard work definitely goes unnoticed. Workloads are completely unfair, they take advantage of people who can handle more than one thing at a time, and find it acceptable or even praise the people who are barely able to complete the job they were given! I had tried to leave on a good note but my "supervisor" made that incredibly hard with her nasty attitude. Also waited until my last day to ask for help training her, should she have already known how to do my job since she was my boss?

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