Sysco: how bad is it?

Serendipity is a thing. Just because you don’t get the perfect gig out of the gate doesn’t mean you’re dead in the water.
I started 20 years ago with Schneider, spent about 8 months over the road, 6 of those in a beat to death cabover. There were some fun parts but it really sucked a lot of the time. A dedicated route opened up in my city. I was not really what they wanted, and I really didn’t like the gig that much but the wife was happier so I stuck with it. Schneider lost the account so I went to the new company that won that business. One of the guys who was supposed to come over ghosted so they had me fill in doing deliveries until they could hire someone. Did it a couple weeks and realized I loved it. Asked if I could keep it and they hired a new shuttle driver instead of a delivery driver. That was the best job I ever had. But it would never have happened if I hadn’t taken the the two jobs that weren’t a perfect fit.

 

I was rejected by McLane multiple times (probably 5-6 times since I got my CDL. I went with other jobs in the meantime.) Then I decided to go to the terminal I applied to, I mentioned my application and if I could discuss with someone in charge of hiring. Maybe to get feedback. I wasn’t too hopeful. But they did an on the spot interview! It seems like a lot of these companies will consider you if you show up in person. Good luck in your job search.

 

I’ve never worked at mclane but have done food service for a different company.It seems like from your post of taking it on yourself to speak to someone you have the personality food service companies are looking for. They aren’t really looking for the A typical truck driver.(most are good with long hours by themselves)since you have so much interaction with many different customers throughout the day they are looking for guy or gals that have more of an extraverted personality

 

get a job hauling fuel or CNG

 

While the food service jobs can be very physically demanding, Sysco seems to be the hardest of them all. Drivers for other food delivery companies such US Foods, Gordon, McLane, etc. claim to have it better than Sysco drivers. How exactly are they better? I read about some who worked at Sysco but then switched to US Foods and likes it much better, although the pay was a bit less (which is not saying much), but he didn’t elaborate on as to why it was better.

This is a lengthy thread and I admit I haven’t read every single post, so please forgive if someone has talked about this.

 

I had to bump this thread to share this ad on Indeed I came across. It’s a delivery position for Sysco…in Alaska……. Just try to imagine doing this type of work in Alaska!….

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Sysco&l=Alaska&from=searchOnHP&vjk=72f830cfea5abe4f

I wonder if they have a lot of basements like many other northern states in the lower 48. Also, I hope they salt those ramps. Otherwise, you’re going slip-n-slide. One good thing is you won’t have to worry about heat exhaustion.

 

Not near enough money for their economy. And, shoveling a path to every single back door won’t be fun.

 

Lol I agree. $27 hourly is not that good for up there. Apparently the $100k annual salary is the same in all areas, regardless of cost-of-living.