Does anyone works for Sherwin-Williams??

Church marquees. Lol.

 

Just had my phone interview with recruiting at SW/CTS. Was offered a position. Can one of you enlighten me on their health insurance?
Thanks.

 

Health is good. Vision is meh. s/ltd paid by the company though you can get supplemental ltd for a couple bucks a week. Single is about 25 a week.

 

For the many not living near a DC, where are drivers such as yourself parking the truck while on time off?

I looked at the SW DC in Waco, TX. Since most of their trucks are slip seat, especially for new drivers, it would mean I would need to travel 215 miles each way for time off where I live in the Houston area. SW had a satellite yard here in the Houston area previously, but discontinued it about 6 months ago.

Also, when I met the transportation manager at the Waco DC back the January, he stated the DC’s would be shifting to a 7 day a week operation at the end of March 2019. This would mean that a lot of drivers, especially the newly hired ones with little to no seniority, would be working on the weekends. Since you have been with SW for a while, you may more insight on this you could share. Thank you!

 

The trucks are leased from penske so that's where most park.

7 day operations could be true in Waco. I haven't heard anything of it. The daycabs are slipseated usually but I've been in the same truck for 300k miles. Couldn't really answer your questions accurately, sorry.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I suppose the operations vary from one DC to the next. The reason given for the shift to a 7 day operation, at least at the Waco DC, was due to increased demand for the products in this region. No surprise considering the population growth here in Texas. The DC in Waco is said to be slipseating most of their trucks, so parking anywhere other than the DC in Waco would not be an option. This would be a major downside to this job for anyone not close to the Waco DC, unless of course they were ok with a possible long commute to and from work each week.

 

I work out of Effingham also and park at a Penske 325 miles away from there. One that’s just 7 miles from my own garage. First full year made $92600 and had every weekend off. Maybe got home 3 Saturday mornings instead of Friday afternoons in the past 12 months. Trying to remember the last time I worked on a Sunday and it’s been at least 4 or 5 months. CTS is a great place to work.

 

Does Sherwin Williams slow down a lot in the winter months (layoffs)?

 

There's always work. Sometimes I wish they slowed down.

 

How many trailers do you guys unload per week?

The reason I ask is because at 55CPM the gross yearly numbers just don't make sense. I was told the average for the southeast is $82K, that's a pretty big spread.

Also, the interview was pretty explicit about the fact that you'll be home for only around 34 hours every weekend, so there's tha discrepancy as well.

TIA.