Sales Specialist - Sales Associate Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
Aug 25, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Very few pros, I was at a busy store and got paid the same as people at other stores who may have had 1/5 or 1/10 of the responsibilities that I had and there were no bonuses or profit sharing options. I guess paid time off is nice, and there's a good hiring procedure

Cons

Very few cons as well, it's just a job. If you're at a busy store you'll be worked to death and you'll work all the shifts that the management doesn't want to work such as every weekend and Friday nights.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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