There are so many valid concerns on this site but most people are looking at it from a perspective of loyalty and care for the company. You need to look at it from a perspective of greed and one objective, drive up the stock price. As people rip... — read more
Global Business Solutions, it is not something new.
Last year they offered people in finance in the US to train people in India to do their job in exchange for keeping their job for 6 more months until the middle of March this year. They are getting 2 weeks of severance for each year of... — read more
Here We Go!
GBS is a real thing! I’m hearing that the reorg starts this week and continues into next.
Earnings tomorrow before the bell
will they elaborate more on the restructuring plan that they announced a year ago? will there be buyouts, severance, more uncertainty. Makes for a great work environment...... I haven't been motivated since they announced a 2.4 billion... — read more
Stressed!
Last 3 years have been stressful for most of us !! Just let me know .. hey we are getting rid of your role ... by blah blah blah .. okay .. but the company has no respect for its employees.. they think they won’t do their jobs or sabotage the company... — read more
No V Day Beatdown This Year?
Either PepsiCo has learned to keep a secret (doubtful) or Layoffs are not happening in February. The historic Valentines Day Masacre may skip a year? Wishful thinking? Perhaps. Anyone hearing anything worth mentioning? These are my views and may... — read more
BRING IT ON !!
The stock price is up 43 bucks year over year. The man in charge is the Donald Trump of the corporate world. Many powerful people are becoming filthy rich from efforts to squeeze the last drop of integrity out if Pepsi. Money is a much more powerful... — read more
Unilever tea
Unilever considers to sell the tea business. How will it impact the JV???
Update?
What are you guys hearing out there? I heard of some small field impacts in PBNA. I’m also hearing from the plant side that Gatorade plants will report into Chicago again rather than the divisions.
Same Old Pepsi
Yea, changes are coming. The same old crew are walking around this morning talking about new project roles. Career planning and assessments are such a waste of time, does anyone ever look at them? How is it that the same people mysteriously dodge the... — read more
Get ready for it
hearing more changes possibly announced this upcoming week
REALITY
No question Pepsi has evolved into a state of complete confusion. Just judging by the questions and feed back seen here, any progressive company would see that HR has failed the company. Employees are dazed, confused and fearing their future. This... — read more
performance plans
no packages .... 30 day performance plans. Don't make plan and you are terminated. Wonder if you get a severance package? unemployment insurance?
Flna field
Odds the field will be reduced to fewer regions again this year?
Special project
Everyone slated for the special project will be released when its completed.
How many people work at Pepsi?
Do you know there is a plan to grow headcount, how many employees currently work here? How about the HQ at Purchase?
How is it okay to pay low wages?
If a company tried to pay workers such low wages in our country, they would be shut down, boycotted, and sued. How does it become okay to employ people in other countries to do these same jobs for pennies on the dollar? I just don't get how countries... — read more
Lay-off prediction by good group
Frito Quaker Beverages Excluding chilled........ anyone still chilled as of today will gone by April. Most Gatorade people to hit the showers too
February 13th is earnings? bloodbath coming
so it appears that feb 13th is earnings because there will be a town hall about last quarter's results. Will there be also announcement of voluntary buyouts and more head cuts? they still have over 1.6 billion dollars allocated for restructuring... — read more
Words of Wisdom for PepsiCo
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to Take care of your employees and they will take care of your business Loyal employees are assets - not liabilities
Productivity certainties for 2020
After long discussion about the lack of work being done this week. I declare 2020 the year where nobody is allowed to take week 52 off and all of you minions must give the man 80 hours during this pivotal year end week. Anyone disagree? 😂 — read more
When the passion is gone so goes it
I have been having meetings with multiple functions across the broader organization and overseas over the last few months. As time has passed the recurring question I ask myself is “does anyone have passion left for this company?” All signs... — read more
Freddie Mac offers voluntary buyouts......Why can't Pepsi fo the same?
As is common in many American companies, Freddie Mac is offering employees who meet certain age and tenure requirements a voluntary opportunity to retire early. As we prepare for our next chapter, we anticipate this will help realign our workforce to... — read more
R&D to 2 category model in January
Leaving it almost impossible to relax and enjoy the holidays. Come on, announce it already!
Pepsico Declares War On Diabetic Employees
You can add Diabetics to Pepsico'sh– List. Got a letter from Express Scripts stating that effective January 1, 2020, Pepsico is ending the great benefit diabetics have had for years, sending CoPays through the roof. Diabetics will go from zero... — read more
How do merit increases work Pepsico
From an employee: "They give terrible raises for long term employees." The challenge are watching people who are new to the company or fresh out of college pass up long term employees who have bleed for this company and have forgotten more than... — read more
PepsiCo is where you go if you want your career to die
Why would anybody still want to work here unless they really have no other option? Is there anybody who has actually managed to get a promotion in the last several years who is not related or good friends with somebody in the management? It's... — read more
Any chance voluntary buyouts might be next?
I'd accept it in a heartbeat.
Seriously, why no age discrimination suit?
I don't understand why there are no age discrimination suits against Pepsi (at least not enough to make noise). This is a serious, no-sarcasm question. Why not? It's more than apparent that the company is catering millennials while kicking the... — read more
Did I Miss The Thunder ?
For months all this site has posted was fear mongering about mass cuts. Well here we are at year end and it appears IT is still intact and the business has avoided the knife. So what happened ?????
Why delete posts?
Why does this site delete posts???? Shady af.
1. an area or portion that is distinct from others
Sector Definition is 1. an area or portion that is distinct from others Only logical next move is eliminate 100% of the sector. Now that the divisions runs themselves and don’t leverage the sector for anything.... Next move is to get rid of the... — read more
Happy New Year
Scary to sit in all these meetings to hand hold our replacements offshore on year end once again. It’s like nursery school. I can see why now they don’t have the balls to make more cuts now. Just give me my package and set me free from this... — read more
This weeks layoffs
An earlier post discussed a lay-off occurring the first week of December. Any new info to share? According to our “training” we are suppose to say I am an employee of PepsiCo and these are my opinions and not that of PepsiCo. So, it’s my opinion only... — read more
GlassDoor
Quite a number of positive reviews for Frito on GlassDoor these days. Definitely seems like it's lining up well with college recruiting and offers. They're playing the game and they are playing it hard.
Pepsi Employee Loyalty
I have given the majority of my working career to Pepsi and my family and I have made countless sacrifices for my work. I expect to be cut soon but being close to retirement age I expect to have quite a challenge finding another job. I still have... — read more
Non IT lay-off Thread- the blood bath is coming
PBNA to get hit the hardest. Better faster stronger = remaining redundant roles purged. If you're not a top performer get ready.