Lack of Work/Life Balance, not enough pay - Recensione dipendente - Store Manager presso Sherwin-Williams

No life. Not enough pay. Granted, working through a pandemic has been rough, but the issues were there way before that. 48 hours is a lot, and in my district, it’s “normal” to have to drive awhile to your store. I was/am working so much and was struggling with support regarding the lack of work/life balance that I gained 30 pounds coping in an unhealthy way. The base pay for store managers is low, and I realized I got played about 6 months after accepting the position, and have regularly asked for more pay...but to no avail. I run a store that has done amazing the two years I’ve been there, I’ve bonuses every quarter I’ve been there besides this current one due to lack of sales and other things we can’t control. But if you decide that you want work/life balance and apply for corporate, they act like you are committing treason. It’s disappointing because I bought into what they told me years ago when I started, but now I’m incredibly unhappy, and getting into corporate is almost impossible. Let alone, our CEO told us at the National Sales Meeting this past January that we are the ATMs of the company-like that was a compliment. I’ve never forgotten that. You get a lot of empty promises and when there’s an issue, they try to buy you lunch or booze to curb how pissed you are. I wish there was more support for employees like me when you’re trying to elevate your career, but can’t seem to take the next step forward because going corporate is allegedly the worst thing ever, but they won’t pay you what you’re worth or provide other incentives that you have clearly earned to try and keep you as a sales rep.