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      Rust-Oleum

      Part of RPM International

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      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

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      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
      1.0
      Jul 2, 2021

      Don't work here.

      Blender
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The Pay was moderately good.

      Cons

      The work environment was awful. Upper management was an absolute joke. None of them knew how to properly do their jobs.

      3.0
      Jun 30, 2021

      Was great, until it wasn't

      Senior account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work life balance. RO is a sales driven organization, so if you are on the sales team you are treated well. Lots of new products introduced every year. Pension & 401k matching offered. Company car for field sales.

      Cons

      Around 2017, a lot of senior sales management started retiring. Their replacements, while qualified, changed the culture for the worse and played favorites. Relocation to the HQ in Vernon Hills, IL is required to get into sales management. Unfortunately the increased salary offered for those positions does not cover the cost of living increase for relocating to an expensive Chicago suburb. Lots of new products are introduced every year but many are rushed to market and have formulation or performance issues. This led to messy recalls, upset customers, and lawsuits. Sales was regularly given "cover" stories to feed to customers to minimize liability. These stories often involved blaming product failure on the end user applying the product incorrectly even though RO knew it was a formula issue. Pay is below industry standard and bonus program is really flawed. Many in sales felt that achieving one's bonus was out of his control. One could max out many of the bonus categories but if the sales quota was missed then you received no bonus. There were several people I know of that missed out on their bonus because RO ran out of product to ship.

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