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
2.0
Oct 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Pay Excellent Incentive plan for management Upward Mobility

Cons

Where to begin. Since the change in leadership at the top the culture has transformed to one of do more with less tools and profits above ALL ELSE. Also focus has shifted to Lowes being the priority so we are left at the store level with no product to sell for months now and trucks that don't arrive on time. Then have to deliver news of a price increase to customers that we have been servicing poorly because of this. Upper management acts as if it business as usual pushing new initiatives weekly.

3.0
Oct 6, 2018

Don’t work here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of promotion potential

Cons

Only promotion potential if well liked by higher up. Not based on merit.

3.0
Jul 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

401K Match. Stock Options. PTO after a year. Paid Holidays. If you have a good Store Manager they will treat you well. They know how rough Sherwin William retail locations can be. They have outside work events or groups they will include you in. If you have great coworkers you will have a blast as I did. You will learn a lot to take it in your own way.

Cons

I was only in the company for a year and a half but from what I gathered is "part-time" workers are low on the totem pole unless you want to advance and be a part-time key holder (only if you have reliable transportation). I believe it is limited when they want "reliable transportation" because amazing workers cannot afford a car and afford the salary you offer at $11.00/hr. You have to take into consideration if that employee has an amazing track record and their store manager praises them to the high heavens then why block them from advancing because they don't have a car? Hours are 25 hours a week, no breaks especially if you have an understaffed store. A lot of backbreaking lifting of 5-gallon buckets. Open on every holiday unless Christmas and thanksgiving. Most times depending on location the area is super slow. City and District Managers sometimes overlook you because you are part-time. We matter too. Customers can be ruthless to you and do we as part-timers get praise for handling ourselves in those situations? Not really. If you are a part-timer who is just there to breeze by then ignore this. But, if you are a part-timer that MAY want to advance then ask the right questions and see what steps you have to take to get to where you want to be because most steps that Sherwin Williams suggests may not be RIGHT for you. There are always options. Also, lack of bonuses for part-timers even though they are there busting their butts as well as the assistant and store manager. There are "sales" call rides with sales reps that are optional/required with assistant/store managers but like me, I had to push to get noticed and go on sales to prove to them I am more than just a part-timer.

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