Employee moral at an all time low, passion has been replaced by corporate greed. - Store Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
21 Jul 2012
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Pros

I have worked in many different states and have met a lot of great people. The relationships with my co-workers are what keep me with the company.

Cons

Although my sales are up over 30% this year I am still micromanaged to the point where I can't even choose who will work the weekends. I have been told to increase sales and gallons, but when I do I receive nasty e-mails about my margins being down. I have been told to reduce my hours even though my sales are up and we are extending hours. My assistant can't keep up with the work load so I have to pick up the slack and work long hours. Three assistants in our district have quit in the last month because of the poor work conditions. Our district manager has no sense of the horrible customer service that is being given because we simply don't have the energy and our moral has been beaten into the ground by all the initiatives and condescending e-mails that come every week. Every lower level manager I have talked to feels the same way and I have talked to lots of them.

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Cons

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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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