Sherwin-Williams reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(9,498 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 9,498 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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9K reviews
2.0
Jul 3, 2013

Previously a great place to work

Recommend
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Pros

The 401k plan is a great opportunity to create personal wealth. If you are fortunate to make bonuses by exceeding budget it is still possible to make a lot of money.

Cons

New management from the district level and up during the last five years have lost touch with the field. Too many programs and contests which are developed by marketing guys in Cleveland which really don't help our business. Negative work environment, very hard to be promoted anymore unless you have a degree and it helps if you are female regardless of performance. Many District, City and Sales Managers nothing but soldiers put in place by Vice Presidents who are more concerned about themselves rather than the longevity of the organization. Upper level Management are nothing but sales people, not great managers many of them micromanagers who have gotten rich off of the stock price. Really sad to see whats happened to the company recently.

2.0
Jul 2, 2013

Assistant Store Manager -

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Being open 7 days a week, it makes it easy to schedule appointments or vacations without using much time.

Cons

Once you are in a retail store, you can only work within a retail store. You will work 14 hour days with no break, help, or ability to go get lunch. There is no concern for work life balance. You might get stuck with Mondays and Thursdays off. If someone calls out, you will have to work. If you are sick, you still have to go in until they could find someone to cover. If there is a blizzard, you will still be required to open the store, even in a state of emergency. Depending on your manager, you may also be forced into unethical situations.

4.0
Jul 2, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits Good opportunity to advance Amazing network of people and resources You get to learn skills you can carry with you

Cons

Stores, especially small stores, are run on these skeleton staffs that make it nearly impossible to do all the operations work you need to and follow the corporate agenda with stupid things like lead generation. the CEO made almost 11 million last year, yet my store can't get approved for 1 full time position that would allow myself and the store manager some ability to complete tasks and not always have one of us being alone to open and close the store. This staffing model they use is outdated and going to fail especially as our competition is using better practices and knows how to undercut us in many ways.

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