Great upward mobility, Character-building gig - Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

5.0
Feb 8, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-If you want to move up, you can. -You get as much out of the job as you put in. -Stores work on a team mentality which makes the job fun (if you've got a good team). -Good employee discount. -They tend to hire from within. -Upper management has respect for in-store sales associates.

Cons

-Moving up generally requires a BA. -They tend to hire from within, but not all the time. Sometimes Mangers-In-Training were poppin' fresh out of college--and had ZERO experience with paints, chemicals, and customer service. -Terrible color choices for store interiors--makes advising customers on color combinations difficult. Makes us look like we don't know what we're talking about.

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5.0
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Pros

Only have to work three days a week, nice team

Cons

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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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