A good place for lifetime employees. - Assistant Manager Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

4.0
Jun 15, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coming right out of college, SW offers a reasonable salary and excellent benefits. Being in a smaller store with great people allows for a very flexible schedule and an all around good working environment. Running a store is just like running your own small business; the results of your labors can be seen.

Cons

Bonuses are allocated based on sales increases for the most part. That would make every other year a good one. The base salary is not justified without the bonuses. There are a lot of part time employees working for this company, so if you are looking for benefits it may be a while before your chance comes around.

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Pros

Feels like family locally. Good friendships between stores

Cons

CEO and upper management out of touch

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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