Too many hours - Store Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
Jul 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Bonuses are good if you have a good year and exceed budget; only good as store manager not much as an assistant. Controllable bonus is great.

Cons

You have to move every couple years to advance if you aren’t in a metro market. The only way to advance is to get a new position, so you have to wait for someone to leave their store or sales rep spot to move up. Store managers have to work at least 48 hours every week and a lot of stores are understaffed so you end up doing way more. Managers do not get overtime pay, you don’t get any extra money for the 60 hour weeks you will inevitably put in at least a few times if not many. Having good district leadership can make or break your experience.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

Stable, long historied company with lots of career growth potential

Cons

Lower total comp when looking at comparable roles at other organizations

2.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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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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