OK, could be better - Anonymous employee Sysco Employee Review

4.0
22 Nov 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Give opportunity to those who are hungry and ambitious. A ton of autonomy to do your role well. Great compensation for sales people. Largest player in industry.

Cons

Make too many promises that they cant keep. Not very innovative or open to change. Lack of competition in industry prevents further innovation. Compensation way below market.

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Cons

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Pros

You can make money but it all depends on the orders you get, how fast you can go, how long you can maintain that pace without getting burned out. Definitely a young mans sport, as the do refer to you as "industrial athletes."

Cons

Like many industries the hours can be long. For the ones who don't make much on running above rate then you can make up for it in hours. If you soak the hours and run you can definitely make some big money. The turn over rate is extremely high there, even in management. I used to be proud of the union but the teamsters in Cleveland are completely worthless, I would bet they are getting paid under the table to not fight for contract negotiations. When I was there the contract expired and they barely fought for anything, on voting day they literally said they wont back us up if we don't pass this contract....so consider that when you want to work for this place. Also the equipment is so old and broken that people were taking the scanners home just so they could have a good one for the next night.

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