"fake it til you make it" - Sales Representative Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
Jul 30, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

It's mostly a show job either dealing with contractors or DIY customers. The job itself is quite easy, you stand around waiting for a call or a customer or you're putting away truck orders.

Cons

Until you know EVERYTHING in the store you'll never feel comfortable giving people advice. I wished in my down time I could've had a book to read about our products but my boss literally told me "fake it til you make it" and usually that's solid advice but I was not willing to ruin someones new deck stain or the siding of their houses... ***ALSO FOR THE WOMEN*** once you hit 90 days you are given keys and can open and close and run the store alone. A lot of these contractors are creeps. In the three months I worked there I had two come behind the counter and touch me and another time a guy made some crude remarks INFRONT OF MY BOSS! He made a report of it and stuck up for me which was nice but just know that you'll more than likely be alone around desperate men.

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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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