Valspar Reviews

Pros

Stable company with stable income. They are not going anywhere. The work is somewhat easy once you get the hang of all of it. Good training program.

Cons

Prepare to be micromanaged to the max. They don't have a fair commission structure. Not a lot of room for advancement.

Advice to Senior Management

Please stop micromanaging your managers and Reps. Your commission structure is unfair in my view. Upgrade your computers and software.

Pros

The true friends you will make will last a lifetime. If you are in sales you will get free paint, that by far is the only true perk. You get a $10.00 per diem for lunches each day even if you are local.

Cons

Management, they will smile and converse with you while twisting the knife in your back. If you make any significant salary watch out, you will have a very large "bullseye" on your back. The company wrote the book on micro-management. Prior to Valspar's slow to market professional product lines job consisted of servicing big-box account Lowes, now for the same pay TSM's responsible for outside sales as well as continued servicing. You will not get promoted unless you are a "yes" person or a male.

Advice to Senior Management

Put down the knives, step back from the desks and ivory tower you hide behind. Trust the people who are making you your bonuses. Middle management only repeats what is being jammed down their throats. Place TSM's in management who are not "yes" people.

Pros

nice people and pay is highest in area

Cons

hours are very hectic and difficult to do

Advice to Senior Management

nothing

Pros

Valspar is the leader in the US Packaging industry. They offer their employees competitive salaries and benefits.

Cons

It can take a very long time to move up in the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Really consider the impact that business decisions have on the customer.

Pros

Lots of responsibilty and experience

Cons

Poor upper management leadership and strategy

Pros

benefits are good and company meetings were a fun for the most part

Cons

management will not back up its employees at all, and they will throw you under a bus to save themselves

Advice to Senior Management

you should be able to back up your employees. especially after many great years of service.

Pros

Valspar offers good pay, and a decent work environment if you learn to fit in. If you work hard, you can get into some interesting,challenging projects.

Cons

Feedback is harder to come by. As expected, most work involves volatile chemicals. Be sure to watch out for office politics.

Advice to Senior Management

More incentive to give feedback with more frequent reviews.

Pros

The people that work at Valspar are world class.

Cons

Valspar will completely take over your personal life if you allow it. Salary increases very limited once you have a certain level of experience.

Advice to Senior Management

yes, there are other ways to reward employees, but that doesn't take the place of paying for performance.

Pros

Each year Valspar gave out additionl bonus $$$. There was no need to do this and it was well recieved

Cons

The work load was a lot not so much for me but some other people in the company were overworked and under paied

Advice to Senior Management

Treatment of lower lever people should include additionl respect

Pros

Lean company, stable job, a lot of freedom. People can pick a lot of their own work and run with it.

Cons

Lower pay and less opportunity for professional advancement. It is hard to change career direction for lower level staff. Limited vacation time.

Advice to Senior Management

Benchmark pay and pto benefits to other companies of similar size n the twin cities. It would be really good to have more career pathing and recognition for all the people that work so ard.