Assistant manager - Assistant Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
Jun 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good people and learn a lot about business operations

Cons

Sherwin Williams is a large company and that was attractive to me as a college grad and upper management preaches that it’s mostly internal growth. So I came in as an MTP and put in my time in hopes to eventually get a corporate job. No. Once you start on the retail side it’s basically impossible to go corporate and the select few that do end up doing soft skill positions such as recruiting or HR. You are pigeon held in the retail sales field and once I finally realized that I left. So don’t let them fool you by saying you have a chance at corporate because you really don’t if you come in as an MTP.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

Wonderful employees at each store, particularily helpful at navigating the vast expanse of products. Overall, great work environment with special people.

Cons

Customer base could be annoying at times, refusing advice or assistance and then complaining about prices. Contractors can be difficult to deal with especially on weekends, acting like they deserve the best prices and won't listen to manager suggestions.

5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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