Don't do it. - Assistant Store Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
Jan 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay and benefits but you learn quickly that's it not worth the stress.

Cons

Rude customers that want everything there way but refuse to go to burger king to get it, understaffed stores with constantly increasing store hours. Terrible work-life balance. Not nearly enough compensation to put up with the growing list of managerial responsibilities. Upper management doesn't listen and doesn't care. Theirs not enough time in the day to meet all their expectations and they are fully prepared to add more just to make a few more bucks. If a customer complains about anything its your fault regardless of what logic and common sense dictates. If you don't have enough staff to make customers happy you need to make it happen. If someone takes a vacation be ready to come in from sun up to sun down and run the store by yourself for most of the day and greeting each customer while answering the phone, tinting paint, doing color matches, answering questions, running the register and following all the procedures.

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