Marketing Associate - Anonymous employee Sysco Employee Review

4.0
Jun 21, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

sysco is a great company to work for. They offer great training, benefits and generous 401k contribution. For Marketing Associates, once training is complete, you are given a small territory to build upon.

Cons

Can only sell to local restaurants which can be harder to find in areas where the property value is high (only chains can afford the rent). Pay structure is convoluted and commission percentages could be better

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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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