Sherwin-Williams reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(9,506 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Sherwin-Williams has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,506 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sherwin-Williams 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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5.0
Dec 5, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

-3 step interviewing process involving HR, in-store, and district management -Very accommodating/flexible with interview dates -Overall good experience

Cons

-Didn't have the most prompt responses when pursuing follow up interviews -Not sure if the full spectrum of the job was relayed as well as it could have been during interview process

1.0
Dec 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fairly good health benefits and the Stock Purchase Plan (401K) is performing amazingly. Also, the credit union gives low-interest loans and offers low-interest credit cards.

Cons

The new management in the Southeastern area is either completely out of touch with the needs of the employees or they just don't care. We suspect the latter is true, given that nothing has changes since the "secret meeting" with HR from Cleveland a few months ago. The implementation of "Seal Island" now changed to "Sales Call Wednesdays" has brought manager morale to an all-time low. This extremely unethical strategy of "poaching" customers from the parking lots of our competitors along with the forced sales calls that all managers and assistant managers have to make and document have made running the store efficiently nearly impossible. To add insult to injury, any employee who doesn't comply with the plethora of new rules, regulations, and mandated tasks can be written up on the spot and this is being used by management as leverage to intimidate employees through fear of losing their jobs. This is a pitiful work environment that is unhealthy to everyone!

1.0
Nov 28, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are decent and pay is ok. As long as your sales are up they leave you alone, but if you have one bad month they hound you and hound you and expect you to do a lot of work investigating on your own time at home with no compensation.

Cons

District Managers are way out of touch with what goes on within stores. Some have never worked in stores and are unwilling to help with problems that might arise.

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