Room for growth but unrealistic expectations for sales - Interiror Designer Sherwin-Williams Employee Review

3.0
Apr 6, 2026
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Pros

training modules are easy to understand, room for growth in company if you are a go getter, willing to train you if you ask questions and have a good manager, overall company culture is great at promoting inclusivity and don't discriminate on gender , race or sexual orientation. depending on store - flexible work hours.

Cons

reduced hours if your store is doing badly, reduced hours if not bilingual, no room for growth if you're not interested in becoming a 3rd key or assistant manager etc. every position that pays above sales associates requires a 4 year degree. bad managers make it hard to do your job, underpaid compared to new hires and under appreciated. in district politics can be catty and have nepotism . gossip spreads from store to store. expectation on growth of sales from year to year is unrealistic- especially with horrible unpredictable weather patterns. poor management of manager = bad store to work at

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Mar 29, 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance, people Director level and below were good to work with.

Cons

Upper management has made truly questionable decisions the last few years that hit morale hard and will leave lasting impacts: voluntary separations, removing 401k match, RTO 5 days a week. Anyone with two brain cells could tell you that long term you are going to lose your best people for a short term benefit to expenses. Systems and data are embarrassing and the company fix is to go with an ERP system that hasn’t even been fully built (but they got a good deal). Rollout has been delayed and full of issues. Heck, SHW didn’t even use Microsoft for email until like 2019 because they didn’t want to pay the license fee. Again, letting costs impact long term success and ability to operate. Average midwestern white men fail upwards all the time, especially if they started their career at SHW. Finance VPs are comically disproportionate to being white males, and there is a heavy gender/racial bias within the company (I guess move this to a pro if you are a white male?). Overall, it feels like there is no vision for the company the last 5 years and decisions are made solely to maintain the short term stock price and keep investors happy.

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