Good Job to Get Through College - Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
Feb 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Better than average part time pay and generally they were fairly flexible with my school schedule, I also got a company matched 401k and paid vacation time each year. Overall a pretty good job.

Cons

Very small staff in each store makes it difficult to call out sick if you need to as it places a great strain on those who are working. Also for the pay they expect a lot more out of you than most and you only get one raise a year which isn't much. I have worked for four years and I started at $10.50 and I just now got a decent raise to 11.80 because I took on more reasonability and became a key holder. They really work you to the bone when you are on the lower tier.

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Cons

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Pros

easy job with little work load and decent customer base

Cons

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