Immediately after I came here it became clear to me that HR does everything to remind you that you are very interchangeable and that many other people are interested in your place. Then I started working beyond my limits in order to secure my job. Others tell me that it doesn’t matter at all and that I will always be just a number, no matter how hard I try.
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Young employees are doing what they were taught to do. Be excited, bring fresh ideas, play to your strengths which is your (energy). What EVERYONE should do is setup realistic work/life guardrails. When you are asked to give up weekends or late nights or both or family time simply respond with "I understand your request but unfortunately I am unable to accommodate it at this time". Be respectful, be honest. No you may not last 10 or 20 years but at least you will establish those boundaries. Take it from the people who gave up much to get this place ahead. It makes little difference. Your time is the most valuable thing you have. Giving up family graduations, or medical responsibilities or whatever to put PepsiCo first is full on bunk. No matter what you hear you are an employee number, associated to a cost. Regardless if you are the 1 person that knows some antiquated system or come up with amazing ideas for marketing. You are a cost. When that cost becomes to great compared to the new college hire, you will be sent walking. Just relax, do an honest days work and put family first.
I have been a frontline employee for a very long time. I have witnessed many good people get too old and expensive for the company, and they got shown the door. Many of those people have gone on to better careers elsewhere, and I think the work ethic and skills they learned here had a lot to do with it. It’s just unfortunate that we live in an environment where good performance leads to higher incomes, and ultimately a step closer to elimination. Like most, I live waiting for the Friday call. Is it worth It? I would say yes because I chose to stay.
He/she who holds the budgets holds the key. Stay close to them and you are a lifer at Pepsico. It’s all about playing your cards not HR and of course never being in one team too long.
Last year I worked extremely hard and got a very good score. But being laid off anyway
It doesn’t matter how hard you work or the extra work you do even at the sacrifice of your personal life you are just a number and when you get to expensive or they have used you up you will be replaced or your job will go to GBS. Thankfully the younger hires are seeing it much sooner, it took the older employees much longer to see the light and by that point you are too far down the rabbit hole to get out.
It’s taken me a while to realize Pepsi takes advantage of their employees. I fight hard everyday and bring in great results. My experience and my results are not replaceable. I see lazy people getting promoted all the time. But anyway, Pepsi gives you sc-aps and wants the world in return. So greedy and arrogant.
sorry to hear. what department?
What department and was it the whole department?
My department was just notified of layoff. What’s hard is how they say they will work with you by offering the same trite advice: update your profile, update your resume, go network. Been there done that with zero results.
Unfortunately everyone at Pepsico gets to the point you are at. The disturbing thing is , that young new hire people are getting disillusioned and jaded faster and earlier than people from previous generations that thought that their efforts and dedication mattered. It doesn't !!!!