All about the shareholders - Director of Business Development Sysco Employee Review

2.0
2 Nov 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The discounts you get on their products is tremendous. There is a huge markup for the customer but still hidden profits that allows Sysco to sell cheap to their employees.

Cons

Sysco changed direction a few years ago. It used to be about satisfying the customer but now it’s about making money for the shareholders. Many good honest people have been replaced with cold money-hungry employees who don’t even care for their own employees. Used to have great seasoned salespersons but I t’s a meat grinder now. They hire green employees and work them until they quit. Most of upper management are either ignorant, mean, or even stupid, but they can work numbers to line their own pockets. Sysco SF is run by a jerk-and likes jerks to work for him.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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