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

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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5.0
Jan 30, 2014

Great Company!

Recommend
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Pros

Financially strong; promote from within; career advancement opportunities; invest in training and job tools I worked at SW for over 3 years and really enjoyed it. I made a difficult decision to leave (on good terms) and start my own home renovation business, which did well for a while but not enough to support a growing family on single income. I have applied to several positions at SW and not had any luck. It's a wonderful company and I would gladly work for them again.

Cons

Challenging re-hire practices; once you leave, it is next to impossible to be re-hired

4.0
Jan 28, 2014

Positive, Energetic, Stay on your toes!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay and benefits. Small team work environment. You are responsible for your actions in a big way, meaning you are acutely aware of your mistakes and successes.

Cons

Pay raises come after demonstrating value - often more than a year. The nature of your mixed clientele can make client interactions turn on a dime. One minute a belligerent contractor and next a sweet soccer mom.

1.0
Jan 27, 2014

Don't do it.

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Pros

Decent pay and benefits but you learn quickly that's it not worth the stress.

Cons

Rude customers that want everything there way but refuse to go to burger king to get it, understaffed stores with constantly increasing store hours. Terrible work-life balance. Not nearly enough compensation to put up with the growing list of managerial responsibilities. Upper management doesn't listen and doesn't care. Theirs not enough time in the day to meet all their expectations and they are fully prepared to add more just to make a few more bucks. If a customer complains about anything its your fault regardless of what logic and common sense dictates. If you don't have enough staff to make customers happy you need to make it happen. If someone takes a vacation be ready to come in from sun up to sun down and run the store by yourself for most of the day and greeting each customer while answering the phone, tinting paint, doing color matches, answering questions, running the register and following all the procedures.

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