Unethical and unprofessional - Sales Sysco Employee Review

1.0
19 Oct 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible schedule* *sometimes Met a few good people.

Cons

This list could go on and on. The pay was subpar (sales) and commissions are a joke. Seriously. They complicate the pay structure so the sales team doesn't realize how much they're being ripped off. The management is like a group of guys that graduated from clown college. The managers professionalism is that of a snake oil salesmen. Restaurants need food, Sysco sells it. It should be that simple, but they convolute the process with unnecessary micromanagement. The encouragement to lie to customers is strong within the 4 walls of Sysco. IF you drink the cult Kool-Aid that Sysco feeds their zombified sales veterans, you have a chance at staying in their prison-job. If you make it clear how idiotic their ideas are, you put a bullseye on your back. The management expects the saleswomen to sleep with them, which makes the monthly sales meetings very awkward. Once I realized how little the DSMs make, (District Sales Managers), I realized this is pennies compared to other industries. Save yourself the time and frustration and look at other employment opportunities. Serious sales professionals will be miserable with Sysco. Actual sales talent among the whole sales team in West Texas is almost non-existent. Their "training" isn't to better their sales team. The training is just mindless preaching and knock-off TED talks. I met maybe 3 REAL sales professionals among the group. Best decision I made was to take my leave. Wasted good time. If I could've rated a 0☆, I would've.

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Cons

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2.0
15 May 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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