Great Company but.... - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
18 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company does have a great 401k option, relocation preferences, and discount. You can work your way up quickly (if willing to relocate). Company offers many training courses for employees to keep everyone up to date with new products etc.

Cons

Sometimes hard to balance work and personal life. You can get unlucky and get placed in a store an hour away from home if there are no openings around you (Management position). Short staffed 80% of the time, so be ready to work 44+ hours some weeks.

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5.0
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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 June 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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