It’s all about optics - leadership is terrible - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
Aug 26, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Large company, decent pay, good benefits & retirement. Company is in great shape financially.

Cons

Hard work and experience is not valued. It’s all about optics’s and metrics. They continually promote people into district management who have had very little success. They spend so much money on outings for their “chosen groups” yet continually blast the stores about expenses and ot. And they get to have these outings all the time. District management is literally a revolving door so there is pretty much no leadership. The hardest working, experienced employees who service the largest, demanding customers are run into the ground. Employee retention is not a thing, they do not care.

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