If you like the morale and beat downs, this job is for you! - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
7 Nov 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits including the stock match and excellent coworkers

Cons

Understaffed stores, unrealistic goals for budget in markets, district management will not fight for you, morale is at an all-time low, WORK-LIFE balance is horrible, if you're an assistant manager, get used to working by yourself a lot because your manager is forced to spend more time out of the store to a sales rep job, if your a manager, you also are a de facto sales rep, sales reps are just sales reps..it goes on and on....

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A positive work environment. The best co-workers I have had so far in my career worked with me at Sherwin. I also worked under an amazing management team. There is a lot of room for career growth. I worked for Sherwin for about 3.5 years. I started as a contracted lab technician, then I was hired full time as an R&D Associate Chemist. I quickly worked my way up to R&D Chemist within a year of being hired full time. The department I worked in was very fast paced, however, I know there are many other groups that move at a much slower pace with longer timelines. This would make it much easier to manage the workload.

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