Pros
Painting experience which I still utilize to this day.
Cons
Company preys on high school students who don't know any better. I was desperate for a job as a high schooler, so I mistakingly applied to be a house painter without doing any research. I can list a hundred reasons why this company is atrocious but I'll boil it down: -- I was promised a paid training session by Sherwin-Williams professionals. Those "professionals" turned out to be college kids. -- I told by my manager that all essential tools (such as ladder & paint rollers) will be provided. Then, about a week before I was to start, I was informed by my manager that I had to BUY my own painting brush. I told him that I assumed an essential tool like a brush would be provided and he starting screaming at me that he spent thousands of dollars on ladders and that I'm too stingy to go out and buy a fifteen dollar brush. Almost got fired over this. -- I was severely underpaid for the amount of work I was to do. You are expected to paint a house from the crack of dawn to sundown all for peanuts. Doing all of this in the blistering sun with only a thirty-minute lunch break makes moral very low. -- End of the week rolls by and I don't get my paycheck. Asked my co-workers about this and they admitted they've been waiting for their paycheck for two weeks! Our manager tried to butter us up with free breakfast and sweet talk but I wasn't having any of it and walked out.