exec Neil Russell is gone and "restructuring is in progress".
I got laid off yesterday from the GSC as well as others.
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How is it that Sysco can provide monies (I've seen from $25K- $500K depending on the customer size and business to gain) to customers "Upfronts" in exchange for business? How is this legal? Meanwhile, the employees who actually do the work get a mere 2% raise if that. If you are on the higher side of your pay grade, you get no raise, only a lump sum pay out that is taxed higher. Make it make sense.........
It’s also the people leaving via layoffs or otherwise.
The people who need to go are the ones who use up resources and barely contribute and are lucky to be there because they’re protected by their network of “old Sysco” like-minded friends.
The ones who can’t pronounce pivot table. Just waiting around until the pension they earned through time and not contributions. Not the warehouse worker or the support staff who don’t have the same hand in making the mess they are in.
It’s becoming more and more clear that the real problem in Sysco lies at the higher and mid corporate level leaders being out of touch with the actual day to day yet constantly chasing after nickels and dimes, and missing the big picture in the process. Every time we hear about new initiatives or strategies coming down the pipeline, it’s the same pattern of poorly thought out plans that do not address real issues and ultimately cause more harm than good all for poor idea vanity projects or few dimes.
It’s frustrating to see decisions being made by yes-men types who are more concerned with protecting their positions, pay and bonuses than actually challenging a bad idea or the status quo. We need fresh ideas and leaders who are willing to think critically and take calculated risks, not just go along with whatever’s safe or acceptable. For a company that talks a lot about qualities of leadership, courage is lacking.
If Sysco leaders are really serious about making meaningful changes and turning things around, it’s time to look up to the top and ask hard questions about the leadership's strategic vision driving these decisions from a vacuum. Without that shift, no matter how many cuts or restructuring happen, its just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic for the rest of us.
Street sales are way down. I can tell you, there’s good reason it’s down. They need more middle management leaders that know how to make plans and execute instead of get an ask from leaders, then they turn RIGHT around to make their team do the ACTUAL work which they put their name on and present. You know how much money they’d save not putting 3 layers between the “presenters” and the actual “workers”. They might actually get proactive plans. So sad.
What's going on? I was laid off October '23 after barely a year and a half after joining. when I interviewed the spouted growth growth growth and that seemed true based on my workload. yet they're shedding people? what's the end game?
So very sorry @OP+1jhjzpce8 I got let go a long time ago. Did they say why? Or how many more? I still have friends there.
I’m sorry that you lost your job. Sysco is…a strange place. Glad I left two years ago, but it’s still sad to watch the death spiral.