Decent company but the HR at corp office could be better - Anonymous employee Sysco Employee Review

4.0
31 Mar 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get great experience working for such large companies especially when you are the beginning of your career. My manager was great and the team was good to work with and I got to learn a lot about the industry.

Cons

Pay is substantially less than similar companies in the food industry. It is pretty obvious that Management level and above gets paid really well but people at the bottom of the 'chain' are not paid the industry average at all, primarily because of HR policy and also keeping departmental costs low as possible is part of the incentive structure of senior management. In recent times, the corporate HR department has gone even worse.

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2.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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