Great company, but upper management needs to get realistic - Assistant Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
2 Jul 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits Good opportunity to advance Amazing network of people and resources You get to learn skills you can carry with you

Cons

Stores, especially small stores, are run on these skeleton staffs that make it nearly impossible to do all the operations work you need to and follow the corporate agenda with stupid things like lead generation. the CEO made almost 11 million last year, yet my store can't get approved for 1 full time position that would allow myself and the store manager some ability to complete tasks and not always have one of us being alone to open and close the store. This staffing model they use is outdated and going to fail especially as our competition is using better practices and knows how to undercut us in many ways.

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5.0
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Pros

Only have to work three days a week, nice team

Cons

Low pay (19 an hour) Very retail feeling

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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