Okay, if you don't mind retail. - Store Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
Sep 27, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Starting pay is decent out of college Great benefits package At times can have lots of opportunities for growth Employees are good people

Cons

Retail hours, 12 hour workdays frequent, weekends No work/life balance Supposed to work 48 hrs/week but usually work more off the clock, because you get yelled at for overtime Sales goals are unattainable without huge amounts of luck Dealing with the general public, which means you will get talked down to constantly Constant price increases

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Pros

Feels like family locally. Good friendships between stores

Cons

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

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.

Cons

Working with marketing was challenging at times. We would regularly receive big requests a day before they needed something. This would pose a challenge when you had other priorities to attend to. The pay was average. I do think it could have been slightly higher for all of the job responsibilities given to the chemists in my group specifically. The workload was overwhelming at times.

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