Great company if you enjoy long hours - Category Planner Sysco Employee Review

3.0
6 Sept 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great onboarding and training, colleagues are all very capable and friendly, culture of inclusiveness and teamwork, mgmt is approachable and wants to see you succeed, the company switched to WFH for Covid and I believe there are plans to make that permanent

Cons

Pay is great if based on a 40 hour work week, but our department consistently works 60-70 hours per week. The job is high stress and it is difficult to take vacation time. Most people work while on vacation. Bonus potential maxes out at 5%, which is low considering how much extra time and effort employees dedicate to their jobs.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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