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      Sherwin-Williams

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      Sherwin-Williams reviews

      3.6

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (9,481 total reviews)
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      Heidi Petz

      37% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      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 9,481 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
      May 19, 2009

      Good part-time job, not a good full-time career.

      Assistant manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They offer flexible scheduling and you learn a lot about painting supplies. This is most helpful when you own your own house and are trying to get it painted. There is room for advancement in most stores, because of the turnover. The workout you get from hauling around paint is healthy.

      Cons

      The low pay is the biggest downside. They barely give above minimum wage and you are doing back breaking work most of the time. The amount of service they ask you do for customers is not worth the paycheck you receive.

      4.0
      May 10, 2009

      a great place to get your feet wet, but not so much for swiming in the deep end.

      Assistant store manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Soild company, nearly recession proof. if you in the door and work hard you'll have job. promotions are very easy to be made aware of, getting them may be another story. the corp. network is nice to have to service customers fully. brand rec. is huge. makes selling a little easier, than if you where a mom and pop paint store. R and D is always cooking up some type of new product to keep us on the cutting edge. but the thing i would consider best by far is the fact that you are devloping real realationships with your customer base. you are helping them grown their biz, in turn you'll grow.

      Cons

      the sitgma of being a corp. feast or famine bonuses. if you year sucks its sucks. if it is popping, its popping. the three major factors that play in your profitablity are you, your rep, the market. if one is off. your year will suck. and you will start to lose hair. often you will find your self alone in your store, for the reasons of keeping down cost. normaly not a issues, but it sucks for your customers when you are waitng on seven or eight people and your trying to take the time to make sure each is getting the proper service level. the most annoying thing is some of the 'days of our lives' type of drama that occurs. people talk about everything that anyone has going on.

      3.0
      May 8, 2009

      Not bad, Up to the employee to handle the typical corporate stuff.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good Pay out of school. Relaxed atmosphere. Direct supervisors/coworkers have been great.

      Cons

      Training falls on you and immediate supervisors (store management) with mixed results. There are no clear standards, just some vague standards. Up/down communication with District Management is limited because they don't allow criticism. They have either been not deciding to promote me for unknown reasons or stringing me along, we'll never know because they don't allow the necessary communication. Basically, they have a system that they follow it. However, sometimes it's necessary to go outside of their comfort zone/system sometimes to solve problems and get ahead. Otherwise, you have a stagnant situation. I came in with a company merger, which meant I had twice the roadblocks. District Management are people that it's going to be up to you to handle, and you have to find a way. These people want to hear all solutions and no problems all of the time no matter what.

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