Great Training, Great Job - Marketing Associate (Sales Representative ) Sysco Employee Review

4.0
Sep 11, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Training is extensive and very good, which sets you up to succeed. Very broad product line, you can pretty much get anything for your customer that they need. Company is known in the restaurant/hotel business. Lots of support for sales staff and continued education on new and existing products.

Cons

You work a LOT. This job is most ideal for a single person who wants to hustle hard and make money. Ideally, you are positioned as your clients' go-to person, and in the restaurant business that means you are fielding a lot of issues, even those that are not your fault. So if a chef has a problem at midnight on a Saturday, you take the call and solve the problem. Once I had kids this lifestyle was not the one for me.

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