Sherwin-Williams reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(9,490 total reviews)
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Heidi Petz

37% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Sherwin-Williams has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,490 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
1.0
Jul 22, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Retirement Package 401K and Pension

Cons

Not rewarded for hard work or knowledge. If you don't network with the right people, you aren't getting promoting or decent raises. People who fail and cost the company money fail upward to better positions, rather than lose their job or responsibility. Zero to no opportunities for advancement outside of Cleveland. If you don't agree with with the ideas of management your going nowhere. Grade school mentality when people are identified for promotions, If your popular with the managers you can go far even if more qualified, educated, and knowledgeable people are competting for the same jobs or promotions. Chemistry courses are required in the technical labs for jobs that won't need that type of education, while no management courses or experience are required for management positions. Some older chemist and scientist only have high school educations, while newer people are required to have at least 16 credit hours of college chemistry. Communincations are exteremely poor throughout the company. Salaries of Grade levels are kept Top Secret! Extremely poor medical benefites. (Aetna medical insurance is terrible!!!)

5.0
Jul 21, 2010

SW

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for

Cons

limited field opportunities in some states

3.0
Jul 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work/life balance. The downfall would be unclear direction of the company. Pay is average for the industry. FOr the most part, NO WEEKENDS

Cons

Unclear direction from senior management. SOme products lines lack documentation and needed support. Not willing to give lower level employees the tools necessarry for success.

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