Sherwin-Williams reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(9,494 total reviews)
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Heidi Petz

36% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Sherwin-Williams has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,494 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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9K reviews
3.0
Oct 12, 2011

Good work experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Sherwin Williams is a good company to work for right out of college. They offer good benefits and great 401k options.

Cons

Not a lot of opportunity to move up after becoming store manager or sales rep, unless you are able to relocate.

1.0
Oct 11, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits Training Upper management laid back friendly work atmosphere

Cons

Open on public holidays. 44hr work week Low pay No reward for hard work Mico management Impossible sales goals All promotions are chosen before job postings Incompetent life long managers who could care less and are comfortable Almost impossibe to advance unless you relocate You can be an assistant for 3 years before you become a manager while more experienced, and sometimes worthless assistance are chosen because they have more years under their belt. Upper management has no idea which assistants will be better managers because they are not in the store. The interview process does not work. I have seen great assistants get passed by because they did not have 5 yrs under their belt. Open christmas eve...really? You can work extremely hard and reap zero benefits. Constant price increases and budget increases. Almost impossible to make bonus only 2-4% salary increases a year Constant whining from customers about price Stores are open about 12 hrs a day with 2FT and 1PT...calculate those hrs. Managers work 48hrs per week with minimal salary increase from assistants

5.0
Oct 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My time i have spent with the company has been great, both my manager and assistant manager are awesome, close knit feeling at the store. I am getting paid quiet well for a part time position in the town, my managers are great about feed back both positive and negative but they don't come down hard on a person the just make sure you know what happened and how you should do it next time or fix it. plenty of room for advancement, and the stores are generally a lot of fun to work in.

Cons

I can't understand some policies that senior management has in place, we are a high quality paint store do we really need to be open on the day after thanksgiving and Christmas REALLY!!!!? who is going to come buy paint in the middle of winter in northern Minnesota the day after Christmas or thanksgiving.

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