Roller coaster ride. Has it's ups and downs - Residential Repaint Representative Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
Apr 23, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

-With a college degree you can move up. The idea of being a DM or DSM is entirely possible. -Selling to painter's who I personally get along with very well. -Benefits package and 401K are two good reason to work for SW -Some lower level employees will usually become good friends

Cons

-Not moving up with out a degree. Maybe to assistant manager....maybe -Many people find it difficult to sell "paint". Paint is not a glamorous product. It has a lot of complaint and problems associated with it, and the prices keep going up. -I have been here 4 years and the communication and tension between upper management and store employees/sales reps is only getting worse. -Stay too long and you will turn into a "Sherwin Robot", (which some people are fine with)

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Jun 16, 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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