Just starting out in SW - Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
22 Mar 2010
Recommend
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Pros

I started as an intern then stayed on as a part-time sales associate. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I like working at Sherwin Williams. It's a very casual work environment, and I love the people I work with, which is a pretty diverse group of individuals.

Cons

It seems like the only way to get information about what's going on in the company is through the grapevine, so there's a lot of gossip and talking behind people's backs. It also seems like the upper management change things simply for the sake of changing them, which is just an inconvenience for the people who work in the retail stores. The uniformity of the stores can be a positive, but sometimes it's just a nuisance and impractical.

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5.0
8 June 2026
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Pros

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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

If you don't have staffing then you are required to work weekends consistently, Sales calls requirements keep getting higher and higher, incompetent corporate leadership. Pay is based on 44 hours worked weekly for assistants(48 for Store managers; leaves room for less work/life balance

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