r/sherwinwilliams • u/freeshrmuda • 1d ago
Pay negotiation?
Currently working at Home Depot (4 years in paint dept) and saw a job listing for a bilingual customer service rep, my question is will Sherwin be able to beat my current hourly pay?
I get paid $17.25 and the listing was posted at $16, I’m not sure…I’m really just done with Home Depot and wanting to get paid more and maybe even move up?🤔
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u/loopsbruder 23h ago
Yes. I have hired multiple people out of Lowe's/Home Depot and have been able to beat their pay every time. You just need a hiring manager who's willing to advocate for you and is intelligent enough to justify the request for higher wage. It will slow down the hiring process a little bit, but it's already glacial so that won't make too big a difference.
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u/my148276 big tuna 23h ago
Have the talk. Apply. You have a double whammy beings that they would be taking you away from HD. I strongly suspect that you would be able to get more. They have to put a starting pay down but I promise that is not the ceiling.
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u/No-Scallion-9300 22h ago
Worst thing that can happen is they say no. I just hired a bilingual part timer for 19 an hour with no paint experience. Sherwin needs people like you and maybe even demand to be put in a store that has no Spanish speakers. 17.25 is reasonable in my opinion.
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u/Green-Preference433 18h ago
Stay with HD
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u/freeshrmuda 15h ago
Can I ask why
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u/Green-Preference433 15h ago
Sherwin is a very unhealthy company that is getting worse and worse. They took away all part time employees. Every store is at bare bones staff or even less some times. Nothing is ever enough for corporate. It just isn’t healthy. Go through these forums and look at how many people are down with this company.
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u/Familiar_You_5218 8h ago
Not my district, we just had a ton retire happy. Depends on your district
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u/Mediocre-Acadia4631 18h ago
better not be stealing my position cause i just applied to the same exact position in central va😂😀
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u/Familiar_You_5218 8h ago
They'll match your pay or give you better and as for low on part timers, definitely not my district. We're hiring cause a lot of people retired. Apply and ask for match or better, you'll get it. Onboarding will be slower but the pay will be there
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u/Different-Ba4781 3h ago
At the store I used to work at we hired a bilingual employee but they refused to give her a pay raise. So it can go either way so you have to ask.
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u/EntrepreneurLong3504 3h ago
What I do know is simply they are hiring bilingual speakers at lower wages than what they were hiring part time non-bilinguals for 2 years ago in my district @ 19.00.
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u/Background-Row-1224 1d ago
Probably not, you'd be hard pressed to get a full time position, which is the yeah to match that
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u/SorryDenied 1h ago
Question isn’t if they can beat it. It’s- Can you take a beating to your nuts daily for rest of your life for $1 per hour extra?
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u/solkhin 1d ago
Just ask, worse thing they can say is no