Poor Management from Senior Leadership - Consumer Brands - Field Sales Representative Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
Jan 3, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, decent salary, company vehicle and equipment provided.

Cons

Questionable leadership, negative work environment, limited career growth due to business stagnancy, no transparency equating to poor communication top down. If you are an over-achiever looking for an exciting career beware!! If you are satisfied with a mediocre career, poor planning & communication from leadership than this is the business unit for you. Also, FYI - HR is based out of the US and the Canadian leadership team does not vet policy to ensure it complies with federal or provincial law - pretty important basic especially during a pandemic.

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Only have to work three days a week, nice team

Cons

Low pay (19 an hour) Very retail feeling

5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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