Ride you to the bone - PC Sales Representative Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
Dec 6, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation was great, benefits were also pretty good. The training program inside the store was great. The Cleveland training for Sales Reps was a joke. They act as if we are selling million dollar widgits to CEO's and COO's... We are selling to painters.

Cons

Expectations of Sales Reps are totally unrealistic, managment tells you to lie and just make it happen. Unreal budgets and negative inpact on employeement history if budgets are not hit.

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5.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Successful managers & assistant managers build strong relationships with their customers.

Cons

As a manager of a store, you have to be constantly on call for issues that could arise at your store.

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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