You're going to work your @ss off - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
Jul 8, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, good bonus structure, you don't need to know anything to start with the company, great starting job for college graduates, overtime (unless you're salaried), 401k match

Cons

Long hours, no work/life balance, no real compensation for managers if they exceed their hours, huge push during slow seasons, and lead generation. There seems to be an ongoing retention issue and hiring part time help is like pulling teeth. All the stores seem to be understaffed - typically having a staff of four (manager, assistant, two part timers) for a 1.5m store. Assistants typically work 44hrs a week and Managers are 48, but they are expected to work more. There's limited help from upper management. There have been whole months I've worked 52 - 60hrs a week, no overtime, and upper management never followed up with help despite multiple discussions. Possibly the boss I had at the moment but it seemed they were hoping they could hold off until the situation resolved itself while I burned out.

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Cons

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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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