Could be a great company but lacks structure! - Supply Chain Services Sysco Employee Review

2.0
May 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Recruits good talent Pay scale is competitive Opportunities to move around Will gain experience based on total immersion

Cons

The good talent recruited goes to waste because it is not cultivated. The pay scale is not sufficient the work load, hours and amount of stress. There are plenty of opportunities because of high turnover throughout the company. The experience that you gain will be by trial and error, you are expected to company processes, and complex issue resolution without training structure, you are thrown in and it is sink or swim! You will be held accountable for actions whether it is your fault or not and unfamiliar processes. You are not managed, you are not even thought of unless a issue arises that effects them. Only the strong will survive and you will have to be very, very strong independently and before you get there. The pressure to produce is immediate, I am talking first month with million dollar responsibilities.

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Pros

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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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