Sherwin-Williams reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(9,492 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 9,492 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
3.0
Jun 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stock price is skyrocketing and the company is growing fast. Somewhat competitive pay/6% 401k match/benefits/tuition reimbursement. Lots of opportunities to get different jobs around the company to see what area you like - you only have to stay in position for 1 year if you meet expectations. Plenty of relocation opportunities, especially in Global Supply Chain. Technology is being upgraded.

Cons

There is a major "bad boss" problem in finance/accounting in this company. Very little management training given to supervisors with little to no oversight on their performance as experienced by their employees - as another review said, "you don't leave your job, you leave your boss." Favoritism is everywhere. If the higher ups don't have a good perception of you, you aren't going to progress. It's possible to manage, but felt very inauthentic to me. Lots of brown-nosing. If you try to do anything differently, no matter how innovative or value-add it is, it will get shot down. If you find a great project that will improve shareholder value in the long run but takes a monetary investment up front, don't even bother trying. The field auditor program for early career finance/accounting majors encourages an "us vs them" culture with the sales field that does not go away. I found sales people act very suspicious of finance no matter how much you try to act as a business partner. Major imbalance of work between finance jobs in the field and at HQ. HQ jobs typically have a lot of time for online shopping and IM'ing outside of close, but my friends in field jobs are putting in 60+ hours of work per week. You have to pay for your own parking or rapid/bus fare if you work at HQ downtown. Hopefully this changes with much needed new building.

1.0
May 6, 2020

Awful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Honestly benefits are great, fantastic health care program and 401k options.

Cons

First off- building is awful, cockroaches, dust, horrible air quality. Second- zero consistency in management. No one is held accountable and always blame the little guys... typical daily life. Normal to be threatened to be fired over being 1 minute late. HR incompetent, don’t bother reporting anything it gets ignored. A bunch of corporate drones trying to make them selves look better by belittling their subordinates. Especially because they can’t show their work to make them stand out because they are incompetent.

1.0
Mar 30, 2020

Management Trainee

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They train you hard and you will learn alot about paint products and accessories that you would have never known anywhere else.

Cons

Listen to this if you want a honest opinon about what you are about to get yourself into. Managament only cares about one thing, money, they do not care about the employee at all. They do not listen to the MTs concerns but give all the power to the store managers and if they treat you like dirt Sherwin just expects you to dust it off (this is a trial run so if they black list you your just SOL.) Also be ready to be on your feet for 10 straight hours with no breaks if the store is busy. It is exhausting and than you have to get up and do it all over again at 5am. If you want the truth, find a better company, because they do not care about you at this one. Want the truth, find a better company that cares about you and your growth. This is a sink or swim job and a very, "you better keep quiet about issues," job.

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