A good place to learn and grow - Marketing Associate Sysco Employee Review

3.0
Aug 22, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Sysco puts a lot of time and money into training employees. People in sales start out as a Marketing Associate (MA). This job can be stressful to some and exciting to others depending on how you're wired. The pay is okay for someone new to sales. There is ongoing training and Sysco wants their employees to succeed.

Cons

Sysco doesn't cover travel expenses so there is a lot of wear and tear on your vehicle and money spent on gas. Food is a competitive industry so it can take a fair amount of time and experience to grow sales in a new or existing accounts. MA's input customer orders and many other customer service type of activities which limits time to open new accounts.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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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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