Sherwin-Williams reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(9,481 total reviews)
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Heidi Petz

37% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Sherwin-Williams has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,481 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sherwin-Williams employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jan 24, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

A job is a job. At least you have one. You have benefits if you work full time.

Cons

They trick you into believing you are salaried. Most of the income comes from the 4 hours of overtime every week. The hours you work are long. Don't expect to have a life outside of work. The stores are understaffed because the district managers won't approve more hires. They won't approve full timers because they don't want to pay benefits. This puts a strain on management. Anyone can get away with lying on their time card. You can write employees up 6 times and they won't get fired because the company loses money when people are fired. HR does not care. The sexual harassment meeting was to scare employees to never going to court because apparently it's not worth it in the end. Other managers can be the most awful humans alive. They can be verbally abusive, sneaky, and cut throat. The company does not care. All Sherwin Williams cares about is money. It doesn't matter how nasty/ghetto employees are. Some men who work at the company are awful and so are the contractors. They are extremely racist, sexist, and uneducated. A manager told a customer that he would do dirty things to his associate. For some reason the company has a "no paint on your clothes" rule. It's a paint company! Sherwin Williams only cares about sales. They do not care about employees.

3.0
Jul 26, 2016

Great Company but.....

Recommend
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Pros

Great company that is continuously growing and will always have opportunities for advancement. Strongly believe in continuous improvement. Strong culture. Good 401k Match. Hard working, fast paced environment.

Cons

Very demanding company, no work life balance. Very political. Poor compensation. Overworked / underpaid. HR is way too powerful.

4.0
May 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No surprises, you know what you're getting yourself into. Intially, you might think it's just a paint store, but I've never worked for a company that has the growth opportunities that Sherwin does. It's all about what you put in, and if you work hard it comes back to you double. Everybody here is interesting as this company values a healthy work-life balance.

Cons

Sometimes the stores will feel understaffed, but it's a busy industry and the retail volume at given hours can be difficult to predict. Also, nobody likes working weekends, so hopefully your store has a few people that can rotate Saturdays and Sundays.

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