No official communication or org announcement sent out about RTO. This policy needs to be explicitly stated. Managers relaying it down the line by word of mouth is toxic. List the policy out in an official notice to not leave your employees anxious and uncertain, shame on leadership once again.
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@43m Layoffs and RTO on the same week, way to stick it to employees.
Apparently the official notice is coming out next week…
@wt ok sure. You go ahead and think that. Because they’re not down there because they’re in the break area, smoking, taking the Tesla for maintenance, or going to the park to play cricket. We know what you do and don’t do around here. You most definitely don’t work.
@fe one visit to the cafeteria after 1pm and you will see who’s down there slacking away. Those Indian people are the ones doing our work so be thankful.
@vd Trump might be responsible for somethings and has his issues, but holidays is t one of them. Statements like this make you look deranged and welllll like the joy that cried wolf.
@w6 Other countries shouldn’t…
@vd Other countries should bring their holidays here to be used as a justification for taking off.
@rg Take a look at Wikipedia "List of minimum annual leave by country" there is your problem, USA bottom of the list with big fat ZERO. Pepsico is pretty generous for a US employer.
Something to bear in mind when you guys vote in Trump mk2. Rest of the world laughs at you.
@a8 And later on the same day I had a whole team meeting from US and they say its global and it starts Monday. Couple of days before my manager said it's global and starts as of 2 weeks ago. What a complete joke.
@r7 that's the answer. They have more holidays in most other countries. We should be advocating for more, not critical of those who already have more
@qs Stand Corrected. Officially Recognized. Can I get a 30-40 day recognized holiday?
@fe aren't all holidays made up?
Proof.. emails.. ask your manger if HR will be sending a notification…
It’ll be interesting to see how this whole Return to Office thing plays out at PepsiCo. What many people don’t realize is that a big reason leadership isn’t openly communicating about office expectations might be because of how inconsistent the setup actually is.
Some leaders under Athina and Dave work remotely full-time, while their teams are expected to be in the office. A few of these leaders are officially supposed to be tied to a certain office, but when they travel to places like Dallas, they charge the company for travel, hotel, and meals — basically getting reimbursed for coming to the office that’s supposed to be their base location. Then they spend time socializing or having team dinners, all on company expense.
Meanwhile, people who are actually local to those offices show up regularly and pay out of pocket for commuting, parking, etc. It feels unfair — one group gets flexibility and paid trips, while the others are held to stricter standards.
It’ll be interesting to see how Athina defines “official office locations” for S&T going forward. Will places like Israel or California count? Because right now, it feels like the rules depend on who you work for and how senior you are.
Indian worker go into the office about 3-4 days a week. Probably get 1-2 of work out them. They’re either on a break, lunch, praying, celebrating another made up holiday that last 30-60 days, or in another 3-4 waste of a meeting.
Yes please by all means give us another PowerBI dash to track another useless KPI!! RTO does not sell chips or pop!
If it’s in writing (a policy) they would have to be accountable for it. Corporate Lawyers won’t allow that to happen. They don’t want written evidence.
Thrilled about the 3–4 day return. I was hired during the pandemic and now enjoy a one hour and thirty minute commute to play open-seating musical chairs. “Work that works” seems to mean “for them” Senior leadership can commandeer conference rooms as private offices while the rest of us hunt for a chair and a power outlet. Give me back my desk...so on-site time is actually productive!!!
In 7 weeks you probably won’t have a job to go to. Problem solved!
Unofficially official
@ad mind sharing what division you’re in at Plano?
I was also told this week I’m required to be back in the office for 3 days (based in Plano)
They also conveniently waited until after OHS closed to let us know
It was made official in our EMEA town hall. From January HR will be supporting managers with tracking and reporting!
I have a gut feeling its not officially official.