Benjamin Moore Reviews

Pros

Free lunch, cannot complain about that.
Industry leader in paint, offers great benefits.

Cons

Complicated hierarchy, management does not change, boys club, same managers as shuffled around. Very rigid structure.

Advice to Senior Management

More empowerment to employees and women.
Some type of feedback system upward and downward.

Pros

If you like dealing with contractors.

Cons

If you don't mind personal insults on a daily basis. DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY.
This company fosters a mentally abusive atmosphere that flows down hill.

Pros

Good benefits but slowly taken away little by little.

Cons

Management in product development is apathetic and egotistic. Do not expect to grow or learn new skills. Sharing of ideas and communication is poor. Slow and dull company culture in a very political atmosphere that encourages apathy and poor work ethics. It's a patriarchal company that does not value diversity and growth. It's basically a dead end job and will slowly kill your spirit.

Advice to Senior Management

There are only a few managers that can hold their own, but most are insecure and incompetent. My advice would be to encourage leadership and growth and stop elevating the few.

Pros

Awesome people to work with (understanding & accommodating), excellent product in terms of eco-friendliness, Management is always ahead of the game.

Cons

My store doesn't have air conditioning so working in there for 8 hours is like a oven! temperatures in excess of 30 degrees (only because the thermostat maxes out at 30 degrees) so it can be a little uncomfortable on hot days!

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work!

Pros

Free lunch for employees is a nice perk. It's not a place where working 60 hours is required. The place empties out by 5:15.

Cons

Poor leadership which leads to no trust and no plan. Organizational changes two to three times per year but no real change. Very tough to get ahead in a company that doesnt provide opportunities for growth. A lot of people have been there for years and are not going anywhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Bring in some real managers who know how to grow a business, who are not just in it for themselves.
Your employees want visible leadership they can trust.

Pros

Good benefits, flexibility, excellent reputation, good products

Cons

Few career opportunities, uneven leadership

Pros

Management works with you not watches you work.

Cons

A little to much corporate nonsense that takes away from the store employees ability to do there job to the highest standard.

Advice to Senior Management

Bother the stores that are underperforming and let the ones that perform well do their thing.

Pros

The pet parrot is cool and you would have some decent co-workers. You also meet almost every person in the town.

Cons

The owners talk bad about everyone. They don't put employees on the books to save on taxes and they don't pay overtime. They give a big fuss if you ask for any time off and they are very insulting to their employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't put someone in charge of employees that doesn't know anything about hardware, paint, electrical, plumbing etc etc and that tells employees to do something and when they do what they were told, yell at them for doing it. So pretty much change your attitudes toward your employees.

Pros

Very simple task, just mix paint

Cons

no opportunity to become permanent

Advice to Senior Management

offer more opportunities for permanent

Pros

Free lunch and great opportunity to work with independent businesses.

Cons

Management does not stay focused on a few tasks, A.D.D management.

Advice to Senior Management

Get back to selling paint.