Short-staffed, too many "blowout sales" make for tough time working there - Part-time Sales Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

2.0
Sep 6, 2010
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Pros

Downtime when not inundated with customers Ok pay for a part-time job

Cons

Sherwin Williams is obviously very desperate these days so they see the need to have these ridiculous 30-40% off sales constantly. Our store is short-staffed usually, which makes for a nightmare of a time. Corporate is completely out of touch. Our City Manager is a moron who sees the need to have to interview a part-timer (which we desperately need) who should have been hired a month ago. Since then a few employees left and we're left holding the bag. The pay is horrible for what you're asked to do especially when you're thrown to the wolves during these nightmare sales. If you work there get ready for horrible weekends in the summer because it's just too busy to even enjoy working there. Corporate is clueless when it comes to selling Duration paint. It's way overpriced and quite obvious why they need to give it away every other week in these sales and promotions. Otherwise they can't sell it. For myself it's a part-time job on the weekends, but I don't see myself staying very long because it's becoming more and more of a stressed-out and hectic environment. It's way too hectic for $9.60 an hour.

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5.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Successful managers & assistant managers build strong relationships with their customers.

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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