TaTa aka TCS. Poor work ethics, poor communication skills, poor people skills. Employees are payed on the very low end and demanded to do more than they are capable of. Paper Tigers - maybe have certs but no experience. The most skilled persons in... — read more 

New to the company. Brand new department. All we do is pay bills from 6am to 630pm. What are the chances of this type of department being outsourced in 2 years ?

Pepsi's leadership can make the choices they think are correct and outsource US employees for offshore resources from India. This is their decision to make. What is not justified is the deception. Allow me to explain. Covert meetings with Senior... — read more 

I was with the company for 21 years before they let me go in Feb. so my opinion may be biased but based on experience. If you are in IT I would not be hopeful for a long term job with the company as just every function and team will be outsourced. If... — read more 

If I've been here for a short time, am I in danger of being laid off?

https://www.pepsicojobs.com/main/jobs?location=hyderabad&stretch=10&stretchUnit=KILOMETERS&page=1

Keep all meetings to 30-45 minutes. Spend last five minutes of every meeting recapping Post meeting rules in all conference rooms Keep all emails to 200 words or less And this is only the beginning

Is it true several IS people people were cut in Plano this week?

I can see in 10 years that this will be a Harvard Business Review case study on how to pillage and destroy a once great company all for short sighted gains. At how the greedy and selfish management k--led the idea of careers, and relationships... — read more 

Is the Chicago plaza lease still up on Jan 2021 ? would that mean all IT will be gone a few months before the lease ends? Any info on Chicago cuts this year?

Third party companies can never do the job with the same level of quality as loyal company soldiers that Pepsi is giving up on so easily. Even more, how do they plan to create new people that believe in the company after treating the ones the had so... — read more 

I tell myself every Sunday night that tomorrow will be fine. Unfortunately, I don’t believe it anymore. Too old to start over, but too young to stop working. I wish my company respected employees as they once did. Young people starting out; one piece... — read more 

For every screw up, FTEs jump in and bail out TCS. FTEs keep the failure rates down and expedite recoveries. TCS steps up and takes the glory. Leadership then uses it as an example of how independent TCS is in problem resolution and how incident... — read more 

Since they've started outsourcing IT functions, it's been like watching a dumpster fire every time there's been an issue involving one or more of the contracting companies. Now that they've accelerated the process it's like watching a demolition... — read more 

What finally pushed you to make that decision? What was the reason you attribute to saying "I've had enough?"

Ops team lead by TCS has messed up royally this week while upgrading systems that has an impact to all of PBNA operations. Unbelievable that a routine systems upgrade that they planned for 5 months could not be executed without issues. Who is paying... — read more 

I'm starting to think I missed some important announcement - we lost EIGHT people in our department in a little over three weeks. What's that all about? I know people are leaving PepsiCo left and right, but never to this extent. Does anybody know if... — read more 

Are our leaders aware of that. Every year it’s the same and yet nothing good came from all of the reorgs in which many of us grabbed the bitter end in one way or another. Any chance that this will stop? When will they wake up and admit that this... — read more 

Anyone find it interesting PEPSI laid off approx 40 admins in NY and now they are posting admin positions? Just wondering if all those laid off who applied were interviewed?

I’m hearing rumors of several “projects” taking place at FL HQ. Any word on timing for those projects to be completed? From the “interviews” being conducted questions seem to point at reducing headcount. If we know the timing of project completion... — read more 

So we are setting up an IT hub in India and we just sued local farmers in India for copyright infringement for growing the same variety of potatoes that are used in Lays chips. Timing couldn't be any better.

The Global Team in Plano, TX was hit this week. Team members were either walked out or given 60 days notice. Sounds like people of all ranks were impacted. Any details?

With so much unrest and animosity in Pepsi, makes you wonder if it’s safe to go to work. Somebody is gonna pop a cork.

I have worked at plenty of big companies over the years, but I can safely tell you that there's no place that's worse than PepsiCo when it comes to management politics and horrible work environment. Never have I wished so hard to be laid off, instead... — read more 

I mean there should be a line after which more outsourcing is not posile. What are they gonna do, outsource the whole company? Judging by the amount of outsourcing that took place we have to be more or less close to that line. Will the time come when... — read more 

I know that reorganizations have become a part of Pepsi culture and are something that we confront almost on a daily basis at our workplace. On a more precise level would like to know which parts of the company have the most chance of being next in... — read more 

Indra was not perfect but this cat comes out of the gate making big changes impacting people career paths and just gloss over it. When you get more layoff info from publications and this site, over your leadership, the issues are not the individual... — read more 

Restructuring has lit up the stock value. Who can argue now that these are not the right moves? For those that remain, be worried about your trip to the sacrificial alter. Cuts and changes will now come with a vengeance.

Are younger people who are joining actually hoping to build their career here or do you all know what you're getting yourselves into and are just here to get some experience? Also, any seasoned employees still thinking of spending all of their... — read more 

Big reorganisation in preparation for West Europe , all support and finance functions in Belgium and the Netherlands disappear and will be centralised in Paris and Barcelona , supply chain functions to be centralised in Bern. Found this post in one... — read more 

Some employees can no longer use the pension estimator because the company Put a block on it per Fidelity. I was able to run it last week so this is a change as of this week Does this mean we are getting cut soon? The people cut previously still had... — read more 

Haven’t heard about plans to outsource any part of the company for a while. Sill, it’s hard to believe that such outsourcing plans don’t exist in the minds of the leaders. So, has anybody heard anything about potential outsourcing plans?

When is the actual layoff dates? how many month more we have? Or is it just a rumor w/ few numbers?

IT is the first being hit in this reorg, but business support services (procurement, finance, legal and so on) will be hit hard next. They will be regrouped under GBS. Look for jobs moving to different hubs and an assessment of which functions can be... — read more 

Be weary of “productivity” projects at HQ in Plano. These projects are disguised as “One Simple Thing”. Make no mistake. These projects are about gathering info and preparing for future layoffs. It’s all about gathering your knowledge so they can... — read more 

Did you read the article on Finance Yahoo? I bet Pepsico paid for the article. Give it a read. PepsiCo “leadership” must be a bit concerned wondering how they are going to keep the wheels on the bus. Employees have had enough and “leadership” knows... — read more 

Another wave of employee cuts and the Stock price is is skyrocketing ! Just think what a tsunami of cuts will do ! Run for higher ground ! You can all sit there and cry while leaders start pricing that island in the south they always wanted to buy !

Wonder how many people were outsourced to fund this brilliant idea... https://www.eater.com/2019/4/15/18311255/pepsi-satellite-constellation-advertisements-space