Terrible for Career Advancement - Manager Trainee Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

1.0
17 Aug 2021
Recommend
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Pros

You get paid a bare minimum salary of $45k/yr even though this is an hourly job. No bonus for MTs, and no commission can be earned ever. Decent benefits, but doesn't make up for work stress and entitled customers.

Cons

It is a labor-intensive retail store job that doesn't allow for actual lunch breaks. And if you do decide to take a lunch break, better be ready to make-up the time you clocked out by staying longer or coming in earlier to your next shift. If you don't make up the time your paycheck will be affected. You are expected to be on your feet all day, meaning your lunch break will be interrupted to help customers. Working 44 hours a week is a must in order to earn your "salary" (this job is hourly, but the employers will try to phrase it like it's salaried). You have to clock in to this job, it's not a true salaried position. Also as an MT you can be taken advantage of especially when it comes to working weekends (they will try to make you take weekend shifts without an adequate warning). Work-life balance is bad because you don't have a consistent schedule, it changes every week and you will find yourself closing one day and opening the next and also working random weekends. The job mostly entails mixing paint all day for customers, lifting heavy gallons of paint, and shelf stocking. This job is not meant for college graduates seeking to start at an entry-level corporate position. If you have the luxury, wait to find a better opportunity because it takes several years to even advance to corporate at Sherwin-Williams as an MT.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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