Toxic work environment - Anonymous employee Sysco Employee Review

1.0
11 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Pay -9-5 -Other Co-workers -Benefit package

Cons

Toxic workplace. Supervisors micromanage everything and office politics is what gets you lesser workload than others. They treat you like a number and if you prove you can do a good job, even during good times the company will lay people off then throw that work on you because you just showed them you can work like a dog. HR is not there for you at all, they are aggressive and they will make things up towards your next employers to try and sabotage you (funny thing is they never had written me up so my employer caught their lie) so, if you dont play nice they will try to ruin your life in the future. HR will also decline your calls if you want access to your defined contribution plan in the future. This company is too big and has all the worst qualities that come with it. They drag down small businesses. I personally have told friends, businesses and everyone to stay away.

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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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