Sherwin-Williams – “A way to build character--you will be challenged mentally, emotionally, physically, and socially.”

Pros

The job is difficult and you will be forced to learn many different skills in order to stay ahead of the curve.

Cons

Sometimes long but often very erratic hours while facing difficult customers. Painstakingly critical middle management offers negative feedback whenever convenient, and provides little in the way of tools to get the job done (i.e., extra part-time workers, etc. As far as warehousing goes, often a store would run out of space for inventory due to the limited square footage of the initial warehouse)

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure the leaders you have in place over the districts are positive, competent, and treat their workers with respect. When people rather than working conditions are chasing off good workers, it is time for a change in supervision.