Good money poor work life balance - Assistant Store Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
8 Aug 2021
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Pros

The money is good as is the 401 k option. Has decent benefits. The program isn't that long and you get paid training.

Cons

Poor work life balance. What good is your vacation time if you have no ability to take it without letting the store down. The markets are oversaturated which makes sales goals unrealistic for certain stores. There is an over catering to customers even if they are wrong you still have to comp them free products which causes management and associate employees to be abused by patrons and clientele

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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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