Sherwin-Williams reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(9,491 total reviews)
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Heidi Petz

36% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Sherwin-Williams has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,491 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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2.0
Oct 2, 2025

Big Asks with Little Support

Recommend
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Pros

Once you're about a year in and you have solid footing of the product knowledge and processes, your day to day is fairly easy. Staff is okay to work with. However, if you are not a straight, white male please be aware your experience will be different as the customer base is mostly male. The pay is solid for anyone straight out of college.

Cons

Bonuses are hard to achieve. They will tell you to control inventory and then force ship you product and alter your min/max so pay close attention to your truck order 401k Match as recently been pulled as a cost saving measure so that benefit is gone. Insurance is...okay. As someome with health issues, I wish it were a bit more robust. GLP-1 are not on formulary so if you're currently covered keep that in mind. You will be expected to work 44 hrs as an ASM and 48 as a Store Manager. This is non-negotiable. You WILL be constantly under staffed at the store. SW has not figured out that part-time associates should not be the standard when we market ourselves as and expect staff to have a high level of product knowledge. You will not receive enough support to do all of the things asked of you. This have sales reps but then ask the stores to also be sales reps instead of mainly focusing on running really good stores. You're pulled in too many directions. There isn't a good way to use the PTO they give you. Since there is no staff it's hard to use PTO and they dont actually give you enough to cover a full 2 weeks of work.

3.0
Sep 3, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Some work/lofe balance, depending on division.

Cons

Below average pay, promotions and performance depend on company health and not actual work achievements. Recently cut multiple perks like work from home and company 401K match.

1.0
Jun 8, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Can make good connections and friendship with customers

Cons

No sick time anymore- have to use some of your 40 hours of Flex time or vacation time if you are out on surgery. District office and company very out of touch with reality and treats employees worse than nameless pawns. Over the past decade it has gotten worse with micromanaging, and district staff pressure have managers complete work off company time (day off texts and calls from district management to complete tasks well ahead of due date). Lots of pushed pencil whipping on reports (once had another manager walk around my store on their work iPad because their city manager wanted them to complete their quarterly safety inspection "Now!" On their day off- and were told to "just push it through." Perpetually understaffed as the company doesn't want the senior employees staying around and rather have new easier to control young hires. Being salary and required to work 48 hours a week, but encouraged to put in more time. Even if you are down to just one employee there will be no bending or adjusting of store hours. DEI is also a major influencer in the company and promotions. CEO is extremely out of touch and has no paint background- and only offers lip service to employees.

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