Career Growth - Anonymous employee Sysco Employee Review

3.0
Jul 5, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is a good opportunity if you start at a lower level to get into middle management if you are strong willed and drive results. A very analytically driven organization.

Cons

It is no longer what you know, but who you know once you are in middle management. There is an irrational stigma that only Operating Company experience will translate to functional upper management competencies.

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2.0
May 15, 2026
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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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