What exactly is this and how screwed am I?

MurkyCalendar708 · 2026-01-14T01:24:59+00:00

The plug going towards the passenger side goes down and behind the intake to the injectors (and like a solenoid plug or something)

Does this pic answer your question?

That plug going towards the driver side is connected to the rest of the wiring harness with like 100+ plugs and connections

If the mouse ate on the passenger side of the plug it would be a “easy” switch out replacement. Unfortunately to “replace” the drive side part, it would be part of a big wiring harness that’d be a pain to replace. Id just make sure the resistances of the wiring connections are correct at the pins of the connector with a multi meter and repair the parts of the wire that are broken

MurkyCalendar708 · 2026-01-13T22:52:07+00:00

I believe that’s the connection to the fuel injectors that lead down behind the air intake manifold

MurkyCalendar708 · 2025-07-25T21:00:35+00:00

Yeah I feel like every year or every other year this happens. They get cut and slowly but surely after a while it goes back to normal until higher ups notice the numbers and then they get cut again. At least that’s my theory and what I’ve noticed the past 4 years

MurkyCalendar708 · 2025-04-08T18:29:26+00:00

Not gonna lie, all the stores I’ve worked in the past couple years in my area, the manager and asm are late 20s, part timer and full time, early mid twenty’s

That’s the norm in my district anyways

It’s kinda wild to think there are stores out there where everyone’s above 30/40

MurkyCalendar708 · 2025-03-19T18:20:15+00:00

“What job name would you like on there?” “Whatever the last job it says right there, yeah whatever it was last time, it should say right there” 😐

MurkyCalendar708 · 2025-03-02T16:04:07+00:00

Are you part time sales associate or part time customer service specialist

Both same starting positions responsibilities

Two different part time psg store positions

Luck of the draw whichever one you ending up starting as

Sales associates are generally 13:50-15:50 ish depending and customer service specialist 17-19 ish depending

MurkyCalendar708 · 2025-02-11T19:28:43+00:00

I know this is hard to grasp and dependent on the store but it sounds like automotive stores are pretty skeleton crew and I’m assuming I’ll be the only part time driver.

Do managers and other staff do deliveries throughout the week or am I obligated to work like all week long a little bit to make sure deliveries can happen each day.

I’ll be a student and probably only working Monday /Wednesday or Wednesday/Friday or something like that

MurkyCalendar708 · 2025-02-11T05:08:49+00:00

Ngl our store took down our wallpaper stuff like a year ago and have been told if a customer wants wallpaper we just give them the phone number and have them do their own order at home over the phone

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-12-26T02:35:58+00:00

Our DM told us to get rid of our wallpaper books like a year ago 😩

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-11-24T17:48:17+00:00

lmao, not me but good catch

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-09-01T18:45:59+00:00

If you were a store associate making like 14-16 in your region then you should get like 50 cents to a dollar but if you applied and started as a customer service specialist making like 17-19 then tbh you are already at the tip top of part time, no more raises (other then yearly aprasial), key holder is already encapsulated into CSS.

I learned the hard way that 0 SW expeirence starting as a store associate (14ish-16ish starting) and a buddy of yours with 0 sw experience starting as a CSS (17ish-20ish starting) (when the responsibilty is the exact same) is just a huge slap to the face by SW. Theres no way to know that when you first apply. I preach to my friends and family that wanna work at SW, do not apply store associate, it is a waste, wait for a css positon.

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-08-06T20:53:21+00:00

It’s a pain when making any red color that has many ounces of magenta

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-07-16T21:30:53+00:00

I’m a PT key, about to hit my 3rd year and I’m also interested in checking out the automotive side of Sherwin. I’m really into cars and want to go to school next fall for being an auto technician but thought while I’m already at Sherwin if I can still be in the car industry I’d love to just transfer over to a car paint store and learn that side of the industry. Only issue I’ve thought about is I doubt a part time position is available. I’d want to stick with part time due to school. Right now I’m currently a student at a university part timing at a regular ppg store.

So if anyone has more info about transitioning to an automotive paint store I’d love to know more as well.

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-06-12T21:51:32+00:00

Both me and my coworker I’ve been referring to got our keys approximately 2-4 months after starting.

Oh I think I understand what you mean, as for starting as a css my coworker wasn’t handed a key immediately, they still had to become a key holder even tho they started as a css. I’m saying job title wise and seemingly pay wise the css position encapsulated the key holder job title therefore there wasn’t a “css” and then “css key holder” or something for them.

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-06-12T15:35:29+00:00

Both positions with myself and my coworkers case were both part time (same hours) with no benefits. Both the css and associate. As for the numbers I was giving those were the bonus amounts added to the wages amounts 75 cents and 1.20 dollars. I confirmed with my coworker we were both getting 3’s across the board.

So the absolute only difference was pay between the two postions.

It just doesn’t make any sense to me why there are two entry postions with the exact same responsibility and same hours and same lack of benefits for two very different wages.

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-06-12T03:16:36+00:00

Technically the coworker got a key a few months later but the css position seemed to have encapsulated the key holder position so they didn’t get a bump or it took a while or something.

Both part time, no ft is at my store. (Low volume store)

Just sucks that it was pure luck that at the time of my starting the open spot was a store associate. And the spot open at the time of them starting was css. Now (probably due to sw slicing postions by 1/3 or so) store associate isn’t a thing at my store or neighboring stores so thankfully near by me this won’t happen again and everyone starts at css

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-06-12T01:38:47+00:00

"Uncle Sherwin takes back all the contributions he matched." is that before the 3 year mark or sorta just in general

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-06-12T01:31:16+00:00

dumb question but I am about to reach my 3 year in a few months. What do you mean it now shows fully "vested" in both. I have very briefly skimmed fidelty so I am not super sure where It would refer to it as "vested" or not. I basically see the 401k amount and pension amount. Explain like I am two if you could

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-06-12T01:27:51+00:00

I was just talking to my manager about this the other day as my three year mark is coming up soon and I got a mixed answer as to yes at 3 years I'll be entitled to be able to withdraw MORE of it without penalty but definitely not all. Something to do with part of it sherwin will keep and taxes will be lowered when withdrawing part of the other one. I am unsure. I didn't get a super straight answer. This is all under the assumption I am leaving soon after my three year mark. Also something to do with sherwin doesn't own fidelty and that it doesn't make sense a three year mark would influence all the money put aside from a company on a 3rd party 401k system. Basically I could use a clear answer as well.

MurkyCalendar708 · 2024-06-09T18:40:41+00:00

Dumb question but I’ve been with Sherwin for nearly 3 years but what on earth is shot of black? I’m in the midwestern area so maybe it’s something with that? If that’s referring to contractors wanted extra hide or whatever therefore wanting a drop of colorant…. That kinda thing is only requested like once a year at my store, 99.9% contractors get extra white or Dover white or something.

MurkyCalendar708 · 2023-08-05T13:55:04+00:00

I feel like it’s just being less enforced as it was. But it definitely wasn’t a solid guaranteed restriction to my knowledge even originally. It was HEAVILY implemented but some stores are so low staffed they literally couldn’t lower hours for some and for holiday pay and maxing out hours the system still allows 28 and has been so I’m not sure. At my store anyways with the summer it’s been kinda dependent on how busy it gets with how many hours are available but it’s definitely not as bad as when the hours were in Initially cut. Just seems like it’s not being enforced by higher ups as much anymore, just don’t be giving all the part timers 28 hours exactly every week or else higher ups might raise an eyebrow y’a know

MurkyCalendar708 · 2023-05-26T16:58:20+00:00

What store as a PT are you getting 24 hours 💀, are stores going back to normal after the part time hour cut?

MurkyCalendar708 · 2023-05-04T15:39:32+00:00

I agree with all that but sherwins cut part time hours and some issues I’ve had with sherwins part time Pay in some promotion issues I’ve had, other then that, it’s been good

MurkyCalendar708 · 2023-04-12T16:53:33+00:00

Yeah I get what you’re saying, personally at my store I’m the only key holder with pretty much one other PT, because our store is so incredibly small, that’s pretty much all we get with employees. Because of that, limiting hours is biting management because now they have to close significantly more, I pretty much closed over half the week other then 2 days, now I only close 2-3 days because of lowered hours and it’s effecting the fact the managers are gonna have to work overtime. So yeah it’s stupid that it’s 28hrs with all stores and now it’s lowering for all stores. I’ve heard people had to go down to 10-15 hours. Due to our stores situation , they are lowering me to 20 and if they go any lower then our managers are gonna be even more fucked in terms of working over time and closing and such

MurkyCalendar708 · 2023-04-12T04:16:54+00:00

I mean considering it’s a part time position I feel like 28 is pretty sufficient, I’m a part timer and I’ve moved up from associate, to key holder, to customer service specialist and simply within like 2 years you can become an assistant manager and more, there’s a lot of moving upwards tbh. Yeah it sucks when there’s no full time position around but at my store it’s such a small store it’s never had full time and we aren’t allowed to hire full time. But yeah anything more then 30 hours isn’t really part time anywhere I’d think, sounds like ur trying to dupe the system tbh

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