Sherwin-Williams reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(9,514 total reviews)
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Heidi Petz

35% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Sherwin-Williams has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,514 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
Feb 25, 2022
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Pros

Easy job when contractors aren’t yelling at you over their own stupidity.

Cons

Terrible pay, terrible raises, rude entitled customers, need to constantly babysit contractors who refuse to keep their own records and then yell at you when you can’t find a product they bought 5 years ago. The contractors have zero learning curve and get mad at you over how stupid they are. Company pretends to care about you but it’s just a façade.

1.0
Feb 23, 2022

Worst mistake ever

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Pros

It could be slow at night.

Cons

The company is aiming for diversity for women, but the problem is that the women would often abuse that power over the men at this company and it was disgraceful to see, and HR will not have your back over it. I would say sexism is running rampant against men at this company from my experience, we had over 7 managers out of 15 stores leave in my district all men because they were tired of the sexist female leadership and being worked like dogs. The company would make you drive 2 hours to your store one way if it meant money in their pockets which they made a lot of people do if they wanted a promotion. The company will work you to your breaking point, work you some more, and if you mess up they will blame everything on you. Get ready to work 70+ hours a week and get paid 45k a year for it. By the end of it you will hate yourself. Most people I know quit and went somewhere else, they realized that Sherwin was a joke and the higher-ups only care about profit over people. They don't want to pay employees their worth and they won't so get ready for that. They will work you to the ground and once you leave you will be happy you did.

1.0
Feb 17, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-Benefits are nice -Decent STARTING pay -Meet SOME cool people -Potential for Bonus -Learn communication skills -Learn first hand what's going on in the industry -Diverse employees

Cons

-Overworked, you're constantly physically running around -Underpaid for overworking. Good luck getting a raise above 3%. Nowadays, that doesn't even compete against inflation...YIKES. -ALWAYS understaffed -Can't even take 30 minutes to yourself to eat lunch(they tell you that you have to eat as you go, if customers show up in store, customer is priority). It gets annoying reheating your food 3 times and waiting an hour to eat your lunch -Constant supply shortage causing customers to get mad at you -Coworkers don't care about you and your needs. Ran out of product? Need another store to send you their EXCESS supply? Nope, good luck. They will give you the stiff shoulder as they only care about their own selfish needs. As they need to meet their quotas too. You're then forced to send your customer to their store, so that store reaps the reward, not you -You have to drive your car if a delivery needs to go out and delivery service wont fulfill your delivery request -Upper management has favorites -'Fake' upper management. They act like they care about you. They don't. You're just a number, fulfilling their needs -The unbelievable amount of drama and talking behind people's back's is incredible -The company focuses on hiring young individuals due to their naivety. They like hiring young people right out of college because young adults think it's a great starting environment. Through time, they'll realize the job is miserable -Career advancement is horrible. You need to go up a ladder to get to a position you want. Went to school for sales and want to get a sales rep position? Nope, you must start as an Assistant Manager, then become a Store Manager, THEN you can be a sales rep. This can take 2+ years -Customers can be rude and abrasive, especially racist and sexist -Sometimes you're alone in the store. GOD FORBID, you get into an accident. No one will be there to help you -Outdated Tech. They use a POS system from the 90s...lawl

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