So many reasons to spread my wings & fly far, far away! - Sales Representative Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
25 July 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Coworkers, customers, benefits, tools & resources available

Cons

Poor management selection (embarrassing actually) & promotion strategies, Feelings of being undervalued & unappreciated, Technology, Micromanaging, Unrealistic expectations, Unethical practices with employees & customers, & the disconnect from what SW touts to potential new hires about culture, family, etc, and how it really is. BIG WARNING: If you want to move up in this company, prepare to MOVE & BE SINGLE (or you will become single). ALL NEWLY PROMOTED PEOPLE ARE SINGLE WITHOUT FAMILIES. SW DOES NOT ALLOW PROPER WORK-LIFE BALANCE, ALTHOUGH THEY'LL CERTAINLY TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY IS. It's the SW dirty little secret!

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Pros

Feels like family locally. Good friendships between stores

Cons

CEO and upper management out of touch

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5.0
16 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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