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Store Group Manager/District Manager for PPG Porter Paints
Store Group Manager (Current Employee), Nashville, TN –
Pros: company car, excellent benefits, company cell phone and laptop
Cons: lots of windshield time, many miles, long hours, no real holiday breaks.
A typical day at work was visiting stores, answering 100's of emails and delegating tasks to the management team. My co-worker was the Regional Sales manager and together we ran the market consisting of 68 Store employees and 21 Sales reps.
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warehouse (Current Employee), birstall, west yorkshire –
Pros: week off every 4 worked
Cons: very tiring to some workers
yes a great place to work but once qualified into a new role there is very limited chances to put the new talets to good use , more like a tick in the box roleplay.
hours are european and work 5 weeks in 4, you get used to it as you know what your doing for the whole year and can plan around that, but when time is needed off its very difficult to balance – more...  this work, home life. unpayed is only way around it.
still would recommend anyone to work there but this is mainly a place where to get in you know someone in there. – less
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Great work place
Director, Commercial Sales EMEA - CEMTA (Current Employee), Paris - Milan –
Dynamic, organized, challenging and extremely focused on record business results.
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excellent place to work
Quality Control Technician (Current Employee), Louisville, KY –
Pros: dinners for the employee
Cons: hard work
good people to work with and good benefits. ppg has a safe and well managed work place.
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Finance MBA Internship
MBA Finance Intern (Former Employee), Pittsburgh, PA –
Pros: high performing company, diverse products, opportunity to advance
Cons: standard large company issues, slower speed to change, unconnected systems.
PPG is a solid company with a very diverse product and industry mix. The work environment is results oriented, but not in an arrogant way. The people I worked with during my internship were all extremely bright, willing to assist, and shared the sentiment that PPG cares about their employees' development.
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great coworkersand foreman
Coater service (Current Employee), carlisle –
Pros: good pay and good company to work for
Cons: swing shift
this is a very good company to work for but the swing shift is not good for my home life.
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good place to work
Team Leader (Former Employee), Lexington, NC –
Steady work, decent pay, opportunity to advance. Good working conditions, fair management
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THINK TWICE BEFORE APPLYING!!!!!!
Manager (Former Employee), Aurora –
Pros: compensation
Cons: lack of training, employee relations with management
From top to bottom an overall good organization. My negative comments relate directly to the Aurora location in which these positions are available. PPG can not get ANYONE internally to voluntarily relocate to Aurora and they groom supervisor just for these type of opportunities. The Aurora location is operated like a unionized workshop HOWEVER it is – more...  not union; the employee handbook is a localized handbook meaning each location has it's own handbook and it comes off like a union contract. The vast majority of the employees in the Aurora location are good natured, productive employees; with that being said there is a CORE group that are apposed to change and corporate and Human Resources will ultimately back the employees! The forklift operators current compensation is about 16 - 18 an hour, and there are absolutely no productivity standards and more importantly THEY DON'T WANT THEM!!! The two supervisors on 1st and 2nd shift can barely stand one another long enough to be in the same room together, so it created such a hostile work environment. One is VERY STANDOFFISH, to the point where if you walked in the shipping office to have a conversation with him for anything he would talk to you with his back turned while never acknowledging your presence. The 2nd shift supervisor is far more concerned about being "liked" than any other factor in running the business. ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY MANAGEMENT CAREER!!!!! – less
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Good place too wprk with good benefits
Supervisor, Carter Browning (Former Employee), La Porte, TX –
Cons: too much forced overtime with no relief operators.
Exciting , challenging fun place to work. Real good benefits including a 401k plan.
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NOT GOOD, HIGH PRESSURE, UNREALISTIC GOALS
SALES (Former Employee), TEXAS –
Pros: good potential
Cons: managment
MANAGMENT LIVE IN THE PERFECT WORLD, THEY WANT 100% OF THE GOAL OF A UNREALIERSTIC GOAL LIKE 200K OVER THE REALITY OF THE MARKET,IF YOU MAKE 90% YOU ARE JUST A LOOSER FOR THEM. SIMPLY THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING BUT THE VP'S OF THE COMPANY ARE BLIND AND THRUST THE LOWER MANAGMENT. SAD
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Happytobegone – April 6, 2012

Wonder when the top brass are going to open their eyes and see that a certain distirct or regional manager is causing the downfall for the paint store sales in stores that were once rated at the top....it's not the employees...it's the so-called leader. You would think they'd catch on when sales continue to fall and long term employees are forced out or terminated since this clown took over.

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Results focused company with strong history of growth
Warehouse Material Handler,Supervisor,Manager (Former Employee), Houston, TX –
Pros: great benefits, long history
Cons: few opportunities
Advancement opportunities were possible until the housing market decline, forced to adjust the headcount and operation based on need
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99% people I have been working with in PPG are nice people and most have been working many years there, it is a good company
account manager (Former Employee), shang hai, asia pacific center –
Pros: good benifit
I have been working in QC , technical service , supply chain, warehouse and sales departtment... get lots of training and well travelled around the world. I personally get great opportunities in PPG and so is most of the people that I have been working with.Generally speaking, it is a great company
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A First Class Organization
Sr. Systems Analyst (Former Employee), Tipton Pa. and Pittsburgh Pa –
Pros: paid for my education.
Fun Place and Career fulfilling place to work. Our Division was sold in 2008 to Kohlberg. I had a very fulfilling career with PPG, and am now looking to working in Retirement.
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horrible management and training
sales (Former Employee), orland park, Il. –
Pros: flex hours
Cons: idiots for management
employer bad news. stay away! poor training, lack of back up for the employees
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Productive professional work place.
Research Chemist (Former Employee), Euclid OH –
Pros: good company. takes care of employees.
PPG is a good company with a solid professional group. PPG is focused on providing the necessary technology for the clients, PPG is technology driven, Technology at PPG is top of the line.
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great company
sales rep (Former Employee), fort worth and mcallen tx –
PPg is a great company to work for the pay excelent and the commission is great their understanding also
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About PPG Industries

PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) is a global supplier of protective and decorative coatings. The Company operates in six segments: Performance – Read more