Sysco Reviews

Cons

The hours are long and the work is extremely rough on the body. Sometimes the time off between shifts isn't enough to recover for the next night.

Cons

Hard to get Holidays off

Cons

Can be high stress and at times and even when your performance is good there is always a sense that its never good enough but I guess that is all big business

Cons

-Dynamic environment (if you don't adapt well to change)
-IT specific: Very siloed, other departments will do their own thing, not much knowledge transfer between departments so you often compete with each other for resources unknowingly
-IT specific: support is mostly managed services, and the companies providing those services are not very focused on "the customer experience", so you often have to clean up their work
-Technology is ancient
-Some mid-level managers are inflexible and demotivating, leading with more of a carrot/stick mentality.
-IT specific: There's still a big grudge when Sysco unilaterally laid off most of the IT department (and brought in managed services) about 5 years ago or so, so those who have been around since before then often have a bone to pick and get very disgruntled quickly. It can be hard to work with those managers at times because they're too busy being upset about the decision made, and not interested in collaboration/furthering the business
-IT specific: Because most roles are filled by managed services companies, career growth within IT is very limited unless you go into management
-(might be a con to you) Often expected to go the extra mile, work outside of the typical 9-5

The cons are generally limited to roles that require collaboration and communication cross-functionally within the IT department. If your role will not require working with other groups often, then they may not apply much to you. Also, if you are looking for more technical roles, and are not interested in moving in management, the career opportunities are severely limited, though I see some of that changing in emerging technologies like cyber security and cloud architecture.

In IT especially, you're often expected to put in extra work to meet deadlines or support major releases in off-hours. You also tend to get too many assignments, so your work/life balance may suffer a bit. I've noticed this in other departments, too, that the expectation is to do what needs to be done - if you're a "roll your sleeves up, get to work" kind of person, this shouldn't be a problem. However, if you're motivated by a more structured environment with clear roles/responsibilities and boundaries, then this may not be the right culture for you.

Unrelated to IT specifically, the environment is extremely dynamic which can be a con if you are not flexible/adaptable. The company also uses very old technology as a backbone for its core systems, which can fail unexpectedly during business hours. Depending on your role, some of the systems you need to do your job may break once a week or once a month. However, support is usually pretty quick to get things working again (....unless you get one of the offshore groups, for some reason the company they picked to provide offshore support has no interest in comprehending problems, so they waste 2-3 days just trying to ask you the same questions over and over again)

Cons

Insane computer input of data. Takes away 10-15 hours weekly from actual sell time. Senior management's focus at the local OPCO level is more focused on profit than people. Prices are manipulated to help the very biggest of accounts.

Cons

Biweekly pay. Pallets are built by whom I can only assume are kinder garden children in adult male bodies. Very unorganized which makes finding each item for each individual stop challenging and down right frustrating at times. Delivery times are unrealistic. Routing sends you to stops either too early or during lunch windows. VERY PHYSICAL. VERY DANGEROUS. Nothing particularly unmanageable, but there are many occupational hazards. Typical delivery driver cons.

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The way the trucks are loaded and how much the same route can change. You can have the same route and have completely different stops

Cons

none here, i like the company

Cons

Lack of communication amongst management.

Cons

Some equipment is below that of production standards, and they will still ask you to use it. But that can affect you pay greatly.