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      Sherwin-Williams

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      Sherwin-Williams reviews

      3.6

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (9,504 total reviews)
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      Heidi Petz

      36% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      Sherwin-Williams has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,504 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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      10K reviews
      3.0
      Aug 26, 2024

      It’s all about optics - leadership is terrible

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.

      4.0
      Aug 20, 2024

      Great Company/Stressful Environment

      Store manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They pay well, especially if your in management and meet your quarterly sales goals. Super easy to rise to upper level positions if you work hard and meet their requirements. They have a great HR department. And they truly care about their customers and make a great paint product. I also appreciated how seriously they took to training their employees.

      Cons

      Some of their sales goals can be unrealistic, especially for newer stores. The stress to meet sales goals is eventually why I resigned (along with some of the difficulties at the beginning of the Global pandemic of COVID in 2020). As much as they are all about safety, a lot of stores don't have security systems (again depends on the area) to protect the merchandise.

      2.0
      Jul 30, 2024

      "fake it til you make it"

      Sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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