Overall, it is a good company to work for, but task saturation and goals by upper management have become unrealistic. - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
19 Nov 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

O.K. pay and benefits. I enjoy selling to my customers the most and knowing that my paint company has the best products.

Cons

Unrealistic sales goals. Incompetent, narcissistic, management. Cookie cutter expectations with no true insight into individual market conditions. Delegated responsibilities override true priorities. No consistency with regard to sales strategies. Added responsibilities with no incentives. Staff shortages with regard to selling events. Holiday hours that are useless. Marketing is poorly executed and shallow in customer expectations with regard to price and performance. Soon to be extended hours. Political with regard to decision making and promotions. Poor work/life balance. Supposed "anonymous" hotline has embedded ties with management so that HR issues are curbed against employees before being neutrally addressed. If a frustration or complaint is brought to attention, it is interpreted as "whining", but if the issues are not immediately brought to the light, then you have a good chance of being "thrown under the bus".

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
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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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