Just like any job it has its pros and cons! - Part-Time Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
31 Dec 2017
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Pros

Challenging work. You get to see the fruits of your labor. Most customers are extremely enjoyable to deal with. You are eligible for a Company Paid Pension, as well as a 401K plan that matches up to 6% of your contributions. Also get 4 hours of holiday pay on major holidays. You get some vacation time pay. This is mostly unheard of in any part-time job. Not bad if you want to get in the door or learn the business. Good job for students or retirees.

Cons

Being short staffed quite a bit of the time. Hard to get a full time position with the company. Non Management personnel are ineligible for any bonus compensation. So not much of an incentive at times to be an overachiever. This causes morale problems, laziness, and high personnel turnover. To become even considered for a management position you are required to have a 4 year college degree.

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5.0
6 Jun 2026
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Pros

Successful managers & assistant managers build strong relationships with their customers.

Cons

As a manager of a store, you have to be constantly on call for issues that could arise at your store.

5.0
16 Jun 2026
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Pros

A positive work environment. The best co-workers I have had so far in my career worked with me at Sherwin. I also worked under an amazing management team. There is a lot of room for career growth. I worked for Sherwin for about 3.5 years. I started as a contracted lab technician, then I was hired full time as an R&D Associate Chemist. I quickly worked my way up to R&D Chemist within a year of being hired full time. The department I worked in was very fast paced, however, I know there are many other groups that move at a much slower pace with longer timelines. This would make it much easier to manage the workload.

Cons

Working with marketing was challenging at times. We would regularly receive big requests a day before they needed something. This would pose a challenge when you had other priorities to attend to. The pay was average. I do think it could have been slightly higher for all of the job responsibilities given to the chemists in my group specifically. The workload was overwhelming at times.

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