Huge company with job security. - Part Time Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
Jan 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Like stated before huge company with job security. Sherwin is eating up smaller paint companies and spreading its wings. Work within a small crew at the store which created a close knit group. You meet people from all walks of life and create relationships with customers. You get sales experience that would come in handy anywhere else.

Cons

I've been working for two years at sherwin and have never felt like my job was at risk. I love working at Sherwin. However, I've been part-time for 2 years. I've applied from within to try and grab the next step of the ladder for a full-time or assistant manager position with no luck. I'm professional, knowledgeable and competent in my position. I feel like I stand out but Upper management tends to already have a selected person in mind to fill positions posted. The job can get a little repetitive/boring if you work in a smaller store.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

easy job with little work load and decent customer base

Cons

they cut my 401k for 6 months with no mention of when it was coming back, terrible CEO that everyone hated who cut jobs to save money for a new headquarter that we absolutely did NOT need, bought a random argentinian paint company to monopolize an already dying business and put the cost back onto the consumer by charging way more for paint. They also give discounts to national brands and apartment complexes that are literally less than what the store charges for paint and forces us to sell to them, losing money in the process ( for the individual stores but making them money since they own the whole manufacturing and distribution process and up-charge stores for products they require us to sell ). Overall climbing up the ladder is easy but upper management suck and will make any good hearted, hardworking manager quit in the long run.

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