Sherwin-Williams Reviews
Updated May 28, 2023
Filter by Topic

Found 7,294 of over 8K reviews
- Popular
- Most Recent
- Highest Rating
- Lowest Rating
What are your colleagues talking about?
Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "good pay (But I asked for more before saying yes to the offer and it was granted. ) for part" (in 615 reviews)
- "No work life balance because you are always on the phone fixing problems as long as the store is open (sometimes outside of store hours)." (in 266 reviews)
- "Just not a position for everyone however a lot of the managers have been with the company for years" (in 215 reviews)
Ratings by Demographics
This rating reflects the overall rating of Sherwin-Williams and is not affected by filters.
- Race / Ethnicity
- Gender
- Sexual Orientation
- Disability
- Parent or Family Caregiver
- Veteran Status
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Flexible hours, nice people, knowledge easily accessible
Cons
Limited gowth, no tips or bonuses
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
They invest in people and then watch them walk out the door.
May 17, 2023 - IT Manager in Cleveland, OHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Lots of internal opportunities to improve and progress up through the company if you don't mind having your manager changed 2 to 3 times a year due to company infrastructure changes.
Cons
Huge amounts of transformation and change with ambiguous and ever-changing management structure and fewer employees since many people left when remote work policy changed. Company forcing remote positions to go away after proving work can be done successfully or even better in some cases makes no sense to people.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Not for everyone
May 9, 2023 - Warehouse Worker in Winter Haven, FLRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Insurance, Health & Wellness · Financial & Retirement · Family & Parenting · Vacation & Time Off · Perks & Discounts.
Cons
mandatory overtime, a crazy schedule, micro-managing, double shifts sometimes, high turnover
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great Management team. Great benefits. Decent pay.
Cons
Its still a corporate job, training/meetings in OKC. Those BS pretend to be hyped up, we are all sports oriented rigmarole. I'm not sports oriented and coffee mugs aren't a reward system.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
fine job, hard on the body, corporate bs
May 12, 2023 - Assistant ManagerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I have made great relationships with customers and coworkers Pay can be good Learned alot of skills
Cons
Very hard on the body hard learning curve Rough work- life balance Corporate has cut many hours and staff with no plans of replacing them company has not taken effective steps to reprimand employees that have harassed staff in many ways, only moving the problem around and shrugging it off instead of fixing it you can go above and beyond and not get recognition for it easy burn out
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Good place to work
May 28, 2023 - Sales and Customer Service RepresentativeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Had good manager to work with.
Cons
Did not have cons at this time.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Manager at Sherwin-Williams
Mar 13, 2023 - ASM- Assistant Store Manager in Denver, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-Decent money with bonuses -Easy relocation -Good resume building opportunities -Great if you get along with the two or three others working at your store
Cons
-Mandatory overtime -High Stress and quick burnout -Out of touch administration -Lots of micromanaging -Corporate assigns hours of busywork such as sales calls or email quotas -Perpetually and intentionally short staffed so you're often working retail alone, with long lines of customers, no lunches, no breaks -Always on the clock; getting called while at home from upper management, customers, and employees -Store resources are often defunct, convoluted, or outdated
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Relocation Assistance Nice Work Environment
Cons
Still has quite a bit of a 'Good Ole Boys network'
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Assistant Manager Program
May 25, 2023 - Assistant Manager in Reading, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good easy process to interview, friendly company recruitment into the program.,
Cons
To much micromanagement from higher up management, focus 100 on sales missing other aspects of the job, and leadership responsibilities.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Demanding work and Top management makes a big difference
May 1, 2023 - Process Engineer in Greensboro, NCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Goal oriented Each employee is aware of expectations Very organized structure with known Point of Contacts Work is rewarding however simple to learn
Cons
Attendance system doesn't complement employee retention. Employee relations is far inferior to normal expectations Slow to no innovation results Can improve rules dealing with breaks and lunch.
Continue reading
Sherwin-Williams Reviews FAQs
Sherwin-Williams has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 8,288 reviews left anonymously by employees. 71% of employees would recommend working at Sherwin-Williams to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
71% of Sherwin-Williams employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Sherwin-Williams 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Sherwin-Williams to be coworkers, career development, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, work life balance, management.
Popular Careers with Sherwin-Williams Job Seekers
Work at Sherwin-Williams? Share Your Experiences
