Terrible company to work for. - Anonymous employee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
6 Apr 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The pay and the benefits are not bad.

Cons

Where to begin..Lets start with the unrealistic sales call system. This ties up the store manager and the assistant. The company preaches being proactive but then if any customer gets upset about anything you are supposed to drop everything and respond immediately to appease them. The customers are becoming spoiled and unrealistic but it does not matter even if it stretches your resources to there limits and beyond. The attempts at saving money by cutting staff are ridiculous. It is also dangerous to keep one employee running a store by themselves. we climb ladders, operate lifts, handle hazardous chemicals but the numbers suggest that it is still okay to cut back on staff? HR appears to be meeting their own quota and seeking to offer opportunities to those that are not Caucasian and male. This is of course just an observation based on opportunities that were offered to some people and not others but is worth mentioning for those looking to move up. Companies management seems to promote favorites when not meeting quotas. If constant multitasking, stress, taking on huge loads of responsibilities, getting blamed for things you have no control of and remaining bright eyed and bushy tailed through it all is something you enjoy then this is the job for you.

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
2 June 2026
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Pros

Leadership training, flexible schedule if your store has the necessary staffing, 401k match

Cons

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