Sysco reviews

Food distribution is currently slow due to the economy yet Sysco continues to hire very aggressively. There is much competition from other broadliners-yet Sysco adds to this challange by hiring more sales men/women than needed so they can do 2 things: Attempt to get into new accounts before the competition can and having more sales people than needed-creating a glass ceiling for associates to never become fully commissioned. The bonus structure that has been in place for a year now is completely impossible to actually reach anymore.

First outside sales job. I was told that I'd be given accounts to start me with (corporate goal is $7,000 in weekly sales), I was given $1,000 a week. They said they give 2-3 years to get comfortable in the position. Action plan after 11 months and fired three weeks later. Working there was a nightmare. Sysco claims to have the highest product quality/specifications which compensates for being a little higher priced. Unfortunately, I tended to be around 20% over the competition selling at or below cost. It is also near impossible to find out the specifications or benefits that justify the price. Finding out requires you to contact a brokerage and try to get a call returned from your support rep (they're very overworked). Getting samples is basically impossible. To make commission, you need the entire order to come out around 10% margin (lord knows how you do that). You will work 5 days and a half day on Sunday. 3 weeks in a row I received an email on Tuesday/Wednesday telling me to be in Louisville on Friday for margin training. While they have rebate programs, printing incentives and other benefits to the customers; there isn't a clear cut way to find what they are or how to put them to use.