Loved my store, company is mid - Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
May 20, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, even for part-timers. I had great store management, both store manager and assistant store manager. I liked playing with the color chips lol, you get to do (and name!) custom paint/stain matches, which is cool! The company has frequent events throughout the stores, like display challenges, and they do make sure you are safe and well-trained in your position. My coworkers and I were all really cool and friendly, so that was a huge benefit! The employee subreddit is a major bonus and source of enjoyment, too.

Cons

The company takes itself way too seriously, enforces ridiculous dress codes (can’t have too much paint on your clothes/shoes for workers— IN A PAINT STORE—, must be near business casual, etc… dude, we are making and hauling paint all day, no), you are constantly having to do training courses (also a benefit, but some won’t like that), people somehow lose all of their IQ points when buying paint for their homes, you will have to break the news to people that they’re colorblind (I really wish I was joking, I’m so sorry I’m not), counting and stocking (especially the 2x/year whole store days, yikes), paint recycling/customers NOT understanding what “full, sorry” means or that certain things can’t be recycled… okay, honestly, just go look at the Sherwin-Williams subreddit before working there, it will help.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 14, 2026
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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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