Does Rust-Oleum pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rust-Oleum employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rust-Oleum. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rust-Oleum?

47% of Rust-Oleum employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rust-Oleum 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rust-Oleum?

Material Handler (8) , Intern (7) , Machine Operator (6) , Order Picker (6) , Area Manager (4) , Batch Maker (4) , Brand Manager (4) , Chemist (3) , Customer Service Representative (3) , Manager (3) , Marketing (3) , Product Manager (3) , Production Supervisor (3) , Sales (3) , Contractor (2)

What are the pros of working at Rust-Oleum according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and location" ((in 25 reviews)); "Good pay and raises rewarded to hard workers" ((in 23 reviews)); "Great people to work with." ((in 22 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 15 reviews)); "Great workplace and culture here" ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rust-Oleum according to real employee reviews?

"No training for the position I was put on phone the 1st I started." ((in 10 reviews)); "Upper management is absent" ((in 8 reviews)); "RPM, the holding company, is absent leadership that decides how many of our profits we are actually able to reinvest (underfunded) while also complaining about our performance and demanding more from Rustoleum management." ((in 8 reviews)); "Salaries are low and incrases are hard to come by." ((in 6 reviews)); "Managers regularly change requirements for deliverables after content delivery and after content has gone live." ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Rust-Oleum locations?

Vernon Hills , Pleasant Prairie , Kenosha , Chicago , Lesage , Somerset , Martinsburg , Williamsport , Attleboro , Clarkston , Rockford , Waupun , Hagerstown , Brooklyn Park , Milwaukee , Atlanta , Elgin , Libertyville , Skokie , Vernon Hill , Saint Louis , Fairchild , Madison , Franksville , Round Rock , Huntington , Ranson , Cleveland , Dayton , Fairborn

Rust-Oleum reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(256 total reviews)

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).

Reviews by job title

256 reviews

1.0

Aug 7, 2025

Good pay, poor management

Machine operator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good money good benefits usually some cool coworkers

Cons

Poor management, some supervisors finger pointers and have their preset favorities ...some are good. Hard to figure out at first. True colors always hard at times. I made suggestions that were used and not compensated for and then when I got let go for reasons out of my control that in the end we're actually BOGUS because they were incorrectly processed against me by an outside party which delayed my return to work which made me ultimately lose my job I was good at. In the end the company wouldn't work with me like they claimed they would to help me get my job back for an error made by a very reputable source I will not name here.

5.0

Aug 4, 2025

Intership

Digital marketing intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

+ Great Team +Great Motivation +Great Passion

Cons

No cons for this job

2.0

Jul 31, 2025

Old School Company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work-life balance. Average pay.

Cons

Company does not empower employees. Claims to respect employees, but you cannot have respect without trust.

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